Bus diversions during Balgay Road/Blackness Road/Blackness Avenue junction works #dundeewestend


The road resurfacing and road safety work at the Balgay Road/Blackness Road/Blackness Avenue junction starts tomorrow – Wednesday 19th October.

The City Council has provided us with the following information about bus diversions during the roadworks :

“We will have Public Notices out at affected stops from Tuesday with diversion information for all services and Realtime displays within the closure will also be amended accordingly.

For this particular closure, the 73 will divert via West Park Road and Perth Road in both directions and therefore the 73 will not serve any stops between West Park Road and the bottom of Blackness Avenue.

Xplore Dundee diversions are as below –

Road closed: Blackness Road

Commencing: Wednesday 19 October

Scheduled duration: three days

Services affected: 6 | 17 | 22

UPDATED

Service 6

Towards Ninewells Hospital

Normal route to Blackness Avenue, then right into Hyndford Street, right into Blackness Road and left into Glenagnes Road. Resume normal route from Scott Street.

Towards City Centre

Normal route to Scott Street, then left into Glenagnes Road, right into Blackness Road and left into Seymour Street. Resume normal route from Blackness Avenue.

Service 17

Towards Whitfield

Normal route to Pentland Avenue, then left into Scott Street, right into Glenagnes Road, right into Blackness Road and left into Seymour Street. Resume normal route from Blackness Avenue.

Towards Ninewells Hospital

Normal route to Blackness Avenue, then right into Hyndford Street, right into Blackness Road, left into Glenagnes Road and left into Scott Street. Resume normal route from Pentland Avenue.

Service 22

Towards Craigowl

Normal route to Blackness Road, then right into West Park Road, left into Perth Road, left into Blackness Avenue and right into Hyndford Street. Resume normal route from Blackness Road.

Towards Ninewells Hospital

Normal route to Blackness Road, then left into Seymour Street, left into Blackness Avenue, right into Perth Road and right into West Park Road. Resume normal route from Blackness Road.



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Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT


REPORT FOR WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 17 OCTOBER 2022

Miller’s Wynd – closed until 26 December 2022 at its junction with Hawkhill for major construction works.

City Road (Tullideph Place to Logie Street) – closed until Thursday 20 October for Scottish Water emergency works.

Lower Pleasance – road closure until Thursday 20 October for CityFibre work.

Brown Street (Hawkhill to Guthrie Street) – closed from Monday 17 October for 5 days for carriageway resurfacing.

Lochee Road (at Polepark Road) – temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 18 October to Friday 21 October for CityFibre work.

Blackness Road (at junction with Balgay Road) – closed from Wednesday 19 October for 3 days to facilitate carriageway resurfacing works.

Nethergate – closed between the west side of its junction with West Marketgait and South Tay Street on Sunday 23 October for one day for heavy plant delivery to Greenmarket development site.

Forthcoming Roadworks

South Marketgait (at Railway Station) – overnight (7.30pm to 6.30am) off‑side northbound lane closure on Monday 24 October for Scottish Water investigation work.

Guthrie Street (Brown Street to West Marketgait) – closed from Monday 31 October for 3 weeks for Scottish and Southern Energy Network work.

Dunmore Gardens and Dunmore Drive – full closure of both roads for carriageway resurfacing from 9 November for 5 days.

Milnbank Road – closed westbound from junction of Bankmill Road for 4 days from 15 November for ground investigation works.


Getting things done – Peddie Street #dundeewestend

Many thanks to the residents who recently contacted us about a dog waste bin had fallen over in Peddie Street – its the post had rusted at the base.


We reported this to environment management who promised to promptly uplift this. We also requested that a replacement bin is provided to ensure adequate dog waste bin facilities in Peddie Street.


Botanic Garden plant sale tomorrow! #dundeewestend

The Friends of the University of Dundee Botanic Garden are holding its final plant sale of the year tomorrow – Sunday 16th October – from 11am-2pm, in the Botanic Garden car park as usual.


This sale will include some bare rooted plants, and others that the Friends have been dividing up ready for winter, as well as some potted garden plants that they have been growing on over the summer.

All welcome!