Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT


REPORT FOR WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 2 AUGUST 2021

Lochee Road at its junction with Dudhope Terrace – prohibition of some entry and exit manoeuvres for 3 days (commenced Saturday 31 July- to complete today – 2nd August) for City Fibre works.

City Fibre H3G Project – temporary traffic lights on Brook Street between Brewery Lane and Brook Court for 3 days starting 2 August 2021.

Blinshall Street (Lochee Road to Guthrie Street) – temporary traffic control from Monday 5 July for 4 weeks for Street Lighting work.

Lochee Road (at Blinshall Street) – off‑peak temporary traffic lights until Tuesday 3 August for new telecoms apparatus.

Riverside Approach –overnight temporary traffic lights from 3-6 August for bridge parapet works.

Forthcoming Roadworks

Abbotsford Place – closed from Monday 9 August for 5 days for carriageway resurfacing works.

Larch Street – closed from 16 August for 6 days for road resurfacing.

Blackness Avenue – closed from 4 October for 4 weeks for carriageway resurfacing.


Getting things done – Perth Road to Riverside Avenue – overgrown path #dundeewestend


Residents have raised with me the fact that the path from Riverside Avenue to Perth Road just west of River Crescent is badly overgrown. 

I have asked environment management at the City Council to get it cut back and tidied.



Getting things done – Ryehill Lane #dundeewestend


Numerous residents have highlighted the poor state of the seating area at the corner of Ryehill Lane and Perth Road.

This is owned by JCDecaux the billboard advertising company and I contacted the about this.

I have since received a positive response :

‘I have asked the regional team to get the land tidied and cleared of weeds and rubbish.’

I had hoped that a substantive improvement could have been achieved here through the district shopping areas aspect of the ‘Spaces for People’ projects funding but this came to nought – a real disappointment.

I will continue to pursue a permanent improvement to what could be a lovely seating area but meantime am grateful to JCDecaux  for giving a commitment to tidy it up.



Access improvements for Lochee Park #dundeewestend


The City Council’s Neighbourhood Services Committee recently approved welcome access improvements for Lochee Park.

The Service Manager – Environment has updated me with details as follows :

“I can confirm that the intention is to improve the access for wheelchairs from inside the park so they can more easily move between the park area and the Fruit Bowl facility. 

Where the current service/ vehicle access gates are located, we plan is to improve the surface around the gated area by levelling the area and installing grass Crete tyles, which are heavy duty non slip rubber mats which allow grass to grow through. 

This improvement will allow wheelchairs to move more easily into the Fruit Bowl from the park and the access will continue to be used for service vehicles to drop off and uplift materials as required.”



Good news for Tullideph/Ancrum area on bus services #dundeewestend

I have today welcomed news that bus passengers in the Tullideph Road/Ancrum Road area are likely to again have a bus service near to them, after months of being left high and dry without a bus service following Xplore Dundee re-routing Service 17 away from the area.


The re-routing of Service 17 earlier this year so it now goes right along City Road was really bad news for the Tullideph Road and Ancrum Road area as it left them without any bus service.

I felt strongly that every effort should be made to serve Tullideph Road and Ancrum Road particularly because the Morven Terrace and Ancrum Place sheltered housing with many elderly folk has been left without easy access to a bus. Many constituents raised this concern with me.

The council is proposing a new 204 tendered bus service – a service number previously used but this new service would cover a very different route and would miss out much of the old 204 route.

However, the new 204 service route is sufficiently close to the Ancrum Road and Tullideph Road areas that it could be slightly re-routed to cover the area and this needs to be done – otherwise many residents and particularly older folk are left without any bus services.

I took this to Dundee City Council’s City Development Committee when it was agreeing to bus tenders including the 204 and it was agreed that the viability of having the 204 cover parts of Tullideph Road and Ancrum Road would be looked at. The issue is the high camber on the Ancrum Road/Logie Street junction that had to be road tested to ensure safe for a bus to use.

The council’s Team Leader, Parking & Sustainable Transport has advised me :

“The routes are currently being registered with the traffic commissioner and will start on 16 August 2021.    We have agreed the routing of the 204 with the operator (Stagecoach) so that it will operate via Tullideph Road. I am not expecting this to be rejected by the Traffic Commissioner’s office.

We will prepare publicity for each of the new services and publicise via the council website in advance of the services operating and communicate with key stakeholders including elected members. I am hopeful of this all being completed next week.”


This looks very positive in giving the Tullideph area a bus service back. I am not pretending it is perfect – it’ll be a daytime hourly service but it is a whole lot better than no bus service at all and I am grateful to transportation officers for taking on my route change suggestion.

It is important that tendered bus services actually cover the areas that are isolated from bus services. Real practical action is needed to ensure the newly tendered services work for local people.

It is also important that the older people across the city who relied on the currently suspended Blether Bus minibus service are given access to public transport and I am assured council officers are also working on that.