Police Community Surgeries in the West End #dundeewestend
The next West End Police Surgery takes place at the Mitchell Street Centre later today – details below :
Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT
REPORT FOR WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 6 NOVEMBER 2017
A85 Riverside Drive – prohibition of right turn from westbound lane of Riverside Drive into Riverside approach and prohibition of right turn from Riverside Approach in to Riverside Drive for 5 weeks for works to the sea wall. Prohibitions will only be in place when required.
A85 Riverside Drive (at Railway Station) – east bound nearside lane closure for 4 weeks for SGN essential value maintenance.
Dundee Botanic Garden event today #dundeewestend
From the Friends of the University of Dundee Botanic Garden :
The next event arranged by the Friends committee is today – Sunday 5th November – at 2pm in the Education Centre.
Dr Alan Barclay, who can occasionally be seen ringing birds in the Garden, will give a talk on birds and bird ringing.
This event is free to members of the Friends, but guests are welcome and are invited to make a donation.
Union Place Car Park #dundeewestend
Further to my recent article about the lack of maintenance of the Miller’s Wynd Car Park, residents have also pointed to the poor condition of the infrastructure of the council’s Union Place car park – see photos below :
I have raised this with the City Council and Neighbourhood Services’ Projects and Development Manager has advised :
“We are currently reviewing all soft landscaping within all the car parks with a view to carrying out improvements in terms of sight lines, aged plantings , tree works etc .
We are pulling this together and working (to) … hopefully having works planned for over the winter months.”
Road issue – Elliot Road #dundeewestend
Residents have drawn to my attention an apprently forgotten road excavation in Elliot Road – see below :
I have asked the City Council’s Roads Maintenance Partnership to ascertain responsibility – I suspect a utility – and request this gets completed as soon as possible.