Dundee Art Society event #dundeewestend

This Friday evening – 16th September – from 7pm-9pm – sees the first in a series of free to attend talks by artists and speakers on varied and colourful topics showing the world of art in all its forms.

This will be hosted by Dundee Art Society at the Roseangle Gallery.

This Friday evening the talk and demonstration is by Karen van de Graaf, portrait artist.

Karen is known for her high speed portraits as an official artist at the Fringe Festival, landscapes, cityscapes and animal portraits and finds the experience she gained at the Fringe enhances the life in her paintings.

Karen’s art conveys energy and her passion for colour. She uses different mediums including charcoal, watercolour, oil, soft pastel and inks. She enjoys making art using both a traditional approach to painting and a more abstract method.

Cost of living drop-in events

The cost of living crisis is making finances difficult to manage for many households.

To help with this, Dundee Citizens’ Advice Bureau is holding group sessions in Central Library to offer advice and information on the support that may be available the first one is this Thursday.

Dates:

Thursday 15th September, 11am – 12 noon

Thursday 22nd September, 11am – 12 noon

Thursday 29th September, 11am – 12 noon

Thursday 6th October, 11am – 12 noon

For more information, phone 431500. No booking required, all welcome!

Fraser has been in touch with Dundee CAB’s manager who advises “The library approached us to ask if we would be willing hold sessions for their service users. They are expecting an influx of people using their services.

“So we are going to trial this for these dates and if it is successful, we would be willing to do this across Dundee for service users of other libraries. We could cover fuel poverty and the cost of living crisis.”

This is an excellent initiative by Dundee CAB and we hope that, if successful, other locations such as Blackness Library could be considered for future drop-ins.

Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2022

Miller’s Wynd – closed at its junction with Hawkhill for major construction works. Start date Monday 27 June for 6 months.

Hillcrest Road – closed at No 23 until 20 September for redevelopment works on existing house. Closures will be intermittent and each should last no more than several days.

City Road (Tullideph Place to Logie Street) – closed for up to one week for Scottish Water emergency works.

Cleghorn Street at junction of Rosebery Street – 4 way temporary traffic lights from Monday 5 September for 4 days for CityFibre work.

Milnbank Road at Forest Park Place – 3 way temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 6 September for 2 days for CityFibre work.

Milnbank Road between Bankmill Road and Rosefield Street – road closed from Thursday 8 September for 2 days for CityFibre work.

Easson’s Angle – road closed from Monday 12 September for 6 days for CityFibre work.

Lochee Road – pedestrian lights and road narrowing from Monday 12 September for 4 days for CityFibre work.

Hawkhill (at Peddie Street) – temporary traffic lights Monday 12 (9am) to Tuesday 13 September (6am) for Scottish Water work.

Polepark Road – closed from its junction with Lochee Road to its junction with Milnbank Road (in a southerly direction only) for footway resurfacing works commencing Friday 16th September for 2 weeks.

Forthcoming Roadworks

Fyffe Street – temporary traffic lights from Monday 19 September for 3 days for CityFibre work.

Hillside Road (junction with Hillside place) – closed from Monday 26 September for 3 days for carriageway resurfacing works.

Lower Pleasance – road closure from Monday 3 October for 5 days for CityFibre work.

Nethergate (West Marketgait to Union Street) – closed from Monday 10 October for 9 days for carriageway resurfacing works.

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

Temporary Traffic Order – Polepark Road

From the City Council :

Dundee City Council proposes to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose of facilitating footway resurfacing works. The Order is expected to be in force for two weeks from 16 September 2022. Its maximum duration in terms of the Act is eighteen months.

The effect of the Order is to prohibit temporarily all southbound vehicular traffic in Polepark Road from its junction with Lochee Road to its junction with Milnbank Road.

An alternative route will be available via Lochee Road, East Marketgait, Hawkhill, Horsewater Wynd, Guthrie Street and Brook Street.

If you have any queries, please contact the Network Management Team, City Development Department, Dundee House, 50 North Lindsay Street, Dundee, DD1 1LS – phone 433168.

Temporary Traffic Order – Easson’s Angle and Fleuchar Street

From the City Council :

Dundee City Council proposes to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose of facilitating City Fibre duct installation works. The Order is expected to be in force for eight days from 12 September 2022. Its maximum duration in terms of the Act is eighteen months.

The effect of the Order is to prohibit temporarily all vehicular traffic in (1) Eassons Angle from Fleuchar Street to Milnbank Road and (2) Fleuchar Street at its junction with Eassons Angle.

An alternative route will be available via Milnbank Road, City Road, Cleghorn Street and Benvie Road.

If you have any queries, please contact the Network Management Team, City Development Department, Dundee House, 50 North Lindsay Street, Dundee, DD1 1LS – phone 433082.