Bins at Riverside Drive – an update #dundeewestend

Residents will recall that I recently highlighted the need for “gull proof” bins on Riverside Drive near to the Bridgeview Café.

I raised this with the City Council and have received the following helpful update from our local environment manager :

“An update on the bins beside the Bridgeview Café.

We managed to locate the 3 gull proof bins that were originally installed at this location and removed by the contractors on the building of the sea defences. These were installed back at their original locations yesterday and the other litter bins removed.

Hopefully this will resolve the problems we have been experiencing recently but we will continue to monitor the situation.”

See photo below!

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