Disability on the Record – Exhibition to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities
The Department for Communities is hosting a two-week exhibition to celebrate the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Statement on planned Northern Trust consultation
The Department of Health has been advised by the Northern Health and Social Care Trust of its planned public consultation on the future of acute maternity services in its area.
Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT
REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2022
Miller’s Wynd – closed until 26 December 2022 at its junction with Hawkhill for major construction works.
Guthrie Street (Brown Street to West Marketgait) – closed for one week for Scottish and Southern Energy Network work.
Brown Street (at Douglas Street) – temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 22 November for 2 weeks for Scottish Water work.
Riverside Drive (approach to Tesco service roundabout) – nearside westbound lane closure on Friday 25 November for Scottish Water work.
The Big Cushion Push #dundeewestend
Next week, we’ll be highlighting a lot of the forthcoming West End Christmas Fortnight events with Christmas Fortnight starting next Saturday – 26th November.
In advance of that, we’d like to highlight this excellent initiative as part of the fortnight, with thanks to Antonia Burnett who writes :
“I have an interior design business based in the West End of Dundee and I have teamed up with another interior designer to organise a cushion sale to raise money for Dundee & Angus Foodbank.
We will hold the sale at Logie & St John’s (Cross) Church Hall on Saturday 10thDecember from 11am to 5pm. We will be selling new cushions, second hand cushions and also fabric remnants for people that might want to make their own cushions.
We have already been receiving donations from curtain makers and local businesses but we are now putting out a call to the general public to ask for donations of good quality second hand cushions. The Fabric Mill Dundee has kindly offered to act as a drop off point for donations.”
Please support this excellent initiative – you can read more at :
Getting things done – Blackness Avenue #dundeewestend
Residents have over a period of time asked for better crossing facilities well up Blackness Avenue from the pedestrian crossing at the Hawkhill junction.
Although there are significant vehicle movements, the number of pedestrian crossings means that that part of the street would not meet the criteria for a light-controlled pedestrian crossing.
We therefore requested consideration of the provision of an additional pedestrian refuge island to allow pedestrians to break their crossing half way across the busy street.
We are pleased to say this was agreed to and the Senior Engineer – Traffic & Road Safety at the City Council has updated us as follows :
“Here is the location of a pedestrian refuge island you had requested a while back within the area.
After a good bit of investigating on a location this one the most suitable.”
We have marked it with a red X on the plan below.
It will be just north of the junction with Lytton Street and is now being programmed into the future works programme.
Feedback from the residents who raised this has been very positive, so a good outcome.
