A busy week, including :
* Pleased to welcome former SNP councillor Allan Petrie to Dundee Liberal Democrats - Allan is a very active community representative in the Mid Craigie & Linlathen area and was a valued colleague on Dundee City Council until 2003. Allan is pictured below during the visit of Nicol Stephen MSP, our Scottish Party leader, to Dundee earlier this week. Allan will be a great addition to our party in Dundee East.
* Having spoken with Scottish Water, they have cleaned out drains in Roseangle (both at south end and at junction with Seabraes Court).
* Had a very useful site visit with Network Rail (and two members of West End Community Council)at Riverside Approach earlier this week. We agreed a better fencing (to replace the horrible blue boards) and it should be in place by October.
*The Courier and Tele have featured the story of the noise from a loose manhole cover that has been keeping the Travel Inn's customers off their sleep. Anyway, good news today - see my news release featured in tonight's Tele:
"Dundee LibDem councillor pleased there's a good night's sleep again for Dundee hotel customers
West End LibDem City Councillor, Cllr Fraser Macpherson, today (Friday 25th August) said he was pleased that Scottish Water has advised him that they are taking immediate action to repair a rattling manhole cover outside the Premier Travel Inn in Riverside Drive.
Noise from the cover has been keeping the Travel Inn's customers off their sleep and Councillor Macpherson said that Scottish Water had promised to undertake a temporary repair with tar to stop the banging noise from the cover.
"Scottish Water tells me that a permanent repair will require traffic lights and a lane closure and is best undertaken on a Sunday," said Cllr Macpherson. "Therefore I am pleased that they are taking temporary action to get the noise problem removed meantime."
Scottish Water is undertaking the permanent repair on Sunday 2nd September.
"I am pleased that there's an end in sight to this problem and that the hotel's customers will get a good night's sleep once again," concluded Cllr Macpherson."
* Lastly, read my latest local update for part of the West End by clicking the headline above.