Getting things done – Miller’s Wynd car park #dundeewestend


Michael is pictured at the Miller’s Wynd car park entrance, where the wall was hit by a vehicle and is requiring repair.

We raised this with the City Council and have been assured that an Order for repairs has now been made.



Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT


REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 5 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.

Forthcoming Roadworks

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.

Rosebery Street – 2 way temporary traffic lights from Monday 12 September for 5 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.

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.


Environmental improvements for Perth Road area #dundeewestend

Residents will recall that we recently posted ‘concept drawings’ of possible environmental improvements that could be funded through the Town Centre Fund.


In terms of possible viable projects, three were identified – Pennycook Lane outside the police station, the Miller’s Wynd car park and area around the West End Community Fridge and the Sinderins “triangle.”

The drawings we previously circulated covered the area round the car park and in front of the police station.

The council’s City Development Department has now provided similar drawings for the Sinderins “triange” – a site that, in our view is crying out for an upgrade.

The council would welcome feedback – but firstly a few points the department gave us about the drawings!

* The colours shown on the sketches are not fixed and appear more vivid that they’ll be in real life (that’s just a consequence of the software used for the sketching).


* The existing seating will be removed and refurbished – it is anticipated that the seating will likely be re-used at a later date in Taits Lane.

 

* The design of the seating could be either a modern style similar to https://www.allurban.co.uk/portfolio-items/neoromantico-clasico/ or a more heritage look like the seating already installed at Seabraes. The colour of the metalwork can also be chosen by the community.

 

* No additional lighting is proposed at this stage, though the council would be happy to consider that.


We would add that refurbishing the existing seating and relocating it to Tait’s Lane would be most welcome as we have previously raised with environment management the poor condition of the existing seating there.


The last Tay Spinners at Verdant Works #dundeewestend

It was a pleasure recently to meet Andrew Cronshaw whose exhibition “The last Tay Spinners” is currently taking place at Verdant Works.

The exhibition documents one of the last days of jute spinning at Tay Spinners in Dundee before closure in 1998. 

Using colour and black and white photographs, 27 people are shown at work in the mill.    The pictures record the processing of raw jute into finished yarn. 

The exhibition also includes artworks created during lockdown based on the photographs.

Well worth a visit – admission free!



Friends of Royal Victoria Hospital tea, coffee and cake sale! #dundeewestend

The Friends of Royal Victoria Hospital are pleased to be restarting their tea, coffee and cake sale after a pause during the COVID pandemic.

The bake sale will take place at The Bistro on the first Saturday of the month, starting tomorrow – Saturday 3rd September – from 2pm to 4pm.