Getting things done – Riverside Approach and Blackness Road #dundeewestend


Fraser is pictured at Riverside Approach where we have long campaigned for a proper pedestrian crossing, given the number of pedestrians including children and elderly folk crossing between the Roseangle playpark and Magdalen Green crossing here.

At the council’s City Development Committee recently, councillors unanimously agreed to alter the long-standing pv2 pedestrian crossing assessment for the provision of pedestrian crossings to better take account of pedestrian movements including those of young people, people with mobility difficulties, etc.

At committee :

👉  Michael asked if this would improve the chances of getting a crossing in Riverside Approach.

👉  Fraser asked if the chances of a proper crossing on Blackness Road at the Kelso steps would be improved.    This is another location where many residents have highlighted the need for a crossing given the number of folk crossing to get to Royal Victoria Hospital and also the significant number of Harris Academy and Blackness Primary School pupils crossing.

We were assured that all historic pv2 pedestrian crossing assessments will be reassessed using the new criteria and we hope this will result in more pedestrian crossings being provided including at Riverside Approach and Blackness Road.



Getting things done – Hawkhill #dundeewestend

Residents will recall that, following the recent road collision on Hawkhill opposite the Peddie Street junction, the safety barrier was badly damaged.


We asked the Roads Maintenance Partnership for a temporary barrier pending the permanent replacement. This was provided very promptly but part of the section recently came detached as the photo shows.

We raised this with the council’s Head of Sustainable Transport and Roads who responded positively as follows :

“I’m advised that the permanent repair will be completed this month.

The roads maintenance partnership didn’t have the required panels in store so this order was grouped with others for an aggregated material procurement.

In the interim a squad will attend to re-erect the temporary barriers and secure with cable ties to mitigate further uncoupling.”


Department statement on hospital pressures

The Department of Health remains deeply concerned about the situation in our hospitals and across the health and social care system.



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Road Safety Week 2022 – We All Share the Responsibility

As Road Safety Week (14 – 20 November) gets underway all road users are reminded of our personal responsibility and the potential impact of our actions on those we share the road with.