Fiveways Festival 75!

Fraser is a board member of Dundee Age Concern.   

The 75th anniversary of the Fiveways Club takes place on Saturday 6th August and all are welcome at the celebrations!




Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT


REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD – SATURDAY 23 AND SUNDAY 24 JULY 2022

Ninewells Avenue/Perth Road and Ninewells Avenue/Ninewells Drive roundabouts – closed from Sunday 24 July for 5 nights for carriageway resurfacing works.

REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD – WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 25 JULY 2022

South Tay Street – temporary traffic lights for 2 weeks for footway works.

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

Hawkhill at Session Street – lane closures from Monday 25 July for 5 days for CityFibre works.

City Road (at Blyth Street) – 2 way temporary traffic lights from Monday 25 July for 3 days for CityFibre works.
Milnbank Road at Rosefield Street – 3-way temporary traffic lights from Thursday 28 July for 3 days for CityFibre works.
Douglas Street at West Henderson’s Wynd – closed from Monday 25 July for 2 days for CityFibre works.
South Tay Street – 3-way temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 26 July for 5 days for CityFibre works.
West Henderson’s Wynd – closed from Wednesday 27 July for 2 days for CityFibre Works.

West Henderson’s Wynd at Anchor Lane – closed from Friday 29 July for 2 days for CityFibre Works.

Forthcoming Roadworks

Milnbank Road at Forest Park Road – 3-way temporary traffic lights from Monday 1 August for 3 days for CityFibre works.

Milnbank Road at Bank Mill Road – 2-way temporary traffic lights from Thursday 4 August for 3 days for CityFibre works.

Ninewells Avenue – closed from Monday 1 August for 5 days for carriageway patching works.
Strawberrybank – closed from 1 August for 2 days for CityFibre works.
Hillcrest Road closed at No 23 for one month for redevelopment works on existing house – closures will be intermittent and each should last no more than several days.
Easson’s Angle – closed from Monday 8 August for 5 days for CityFibre Works.
Fleuchar Street – closed from Monday 15 August for 3 days for CityFibre Works.
Hawkhill – closed between Blackness Avenue/Perth Road junction and Bellfield Street on Saturday 20 August for one day for completion of ducting installation and road surface reinstatement.




Temporary Traffic Order – Ninewells roundabouts

From the City Council :


THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)

THE DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL AS TRAFFIC AUTHORITY being satisfied that traffic on the road should be prohibited by reason of carriageway resurfacing works being carried out HEREBY PROHIBIT the driving of any vehicle in Ninewells Drive / Ninewells Avenue roundabout, Dundee and Perth Road / Ninewells Avenue roundabout, Dundee.

This notice comes into effect on Sunday 24 July for 5 nights (19:00 to 06:00).

Pedestrian thoroughfare will be maintained.

Alternative routes for vehicles are available via Perth Road / Glamis Road / Dickson Avenue / Charleston Drive / Arran Drive / South Road / Explorer Road / Apollo Way / Riverside Avenue and Tom Mcdonald Ave / Nablus Ave / Mariner Drive / Apollo Way / Riverside Avenue / Perth Road.

For further information contact 433082.

Executive Director of City Development
Dundee City Council



Dundee Botanic Garden event – open studio and land art exhibition today #dundeewestend

Fulbright scholar Adrien Segal and the University of Dundee Botanic Garden would like to invite you to an open studio and land art exhibition today – Thursday 21st July – from 4pm until 7pm at the Botanic Garden.   Light refreshments and drinks will be provided along with a talk and exhibition walk led by the artist and the garden curator.


Cyclogenisis is a new site-specific earthwork in progress at the Dundee Botanical Garden, located in an area where a grouping of eucalyptus trees were felled by two extratropical storms, Arwen and Barra felled forty-five trees, at the garden in an extraordinary weather event associated with a changing climate, during the winter of 2021-22. 

Responding to the climatic events that caused strong wind forces that felled the trees, the artist interpreted a diagram of the pattern of cyclogenisis showing four stages of development of a strengthening cyclone into a physical earthwork that pays homage to the recent weather events that caused a dramatic change to this landscape. Manifested from materials at hand, including the felled eucalyptus trees, the artwork provides a space for visitors to experience cyclonic patterns and movements by walking through and around the earthwork.

The artwork was created in partnership with DJCAD Fulbright Scholar and Visiting Artist Adrien Segal and the University of Dundee Botanical Garden, with support from scientists from CEDA (Centre for Environmental Data Analysis).

In addition to the earthwork in progress, Adrien will have a related installation of smaller scale sculptural experimentations in clay, cast bronze, and carved wood, made during her Fulbright fellowship at DJCAD. These will be on view in the Living Lab during the opening.

This may be one of the most creative outcomes from Storm Arwen, as Adrien Segal has worked with our garden technician Trevor Whyte to create land art in the wake of the storm that wrought damage to University of Dundee Botanic Gardens living collections.

A visual reminder that becoming resilient is not to wipe away the evidence of climate change but to develop the capacity to recover quickly from the difficulties & adapt to the emerging state.



Temporary Traffic Order – Douglas Street

From the City Council :


THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14(1)

THE DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL AS TRAFFIC AUTHORITY being satisfied that traffic on the road should be prohibited by reason of City Fibre duct installation works being carried out HEREBY PROHIBIT the driving of any vehicle in Douglas Street (at its junction with Ash Street), Dundee.

This notice comes into effect on Monday 25 July 2022 for 2 working days.

Pedestrian thoroughfare will be maintained.

Alternative routes for vehicles are available via Ash Street / Park Street.

For further information contact 433082.

Executive Director of City Development
Dundee City Council