REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 5 MAY 2025
Blinshall Street (Douglas Street to 50 metres south) - closed until August 2025 for construction works.
Douglas Street (Blinshall Street to Brown Street) - temporary traffic lights until August 2025 for construction works.
Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed until August 2025 for construction works.
Scottish and Southern Energy Networks Elmwood Cable Renewal Scheme - temporary traffic lights and road closure from Tuesday 4 March for 12 weeks insofar as it affects the West End Ward :
Riverside Drive (at Tesco roundabout) – nearside westbound lane closure from Monday 5 May for one week for Scottish Water pumping station maintenance work.
Explorer Road (Mallaig Avenue for 70m in a westerly direction) – closed eastbound from Monday 5 May for 4 weeks for sewer connection.
Park Place – give and take traffic control for 5 weeks from Monday 26 May for lighting works.
Forthcoming Roadworks
West Marketgait (southbound from Hawkhill to Nethergate) – lane closure from Tuesday 13 May for 3 nights (9.00pm to 5.00am) for crane lifting operations.
Ashbank Road and Glenagnes Street – closed from Monday 19 May for 5 days for carriageway resurfacing works. Areas affected – Ashbank Road from its junction with Blackness Road to its junction with Logie Avenue and Glenagnes Street from its junction with Birchwood Place to its junction with Lime Street.
Magdalen Yard Road - closed westbound on Sunday 1 June (8.00am and 9.00pm) between Thomson Street and Windsor Street for the WestFest Music Festival.
The photo was labelled "1950s" but we think it must have been taken from the Tower Building and this did not open until 1961. We also note the Perth Road tramlines are gone so the photo was clearly taken after 1956 when the tram service ended.
The number of large factory chimneys in the photo show just how much the area has changed over the last 60+ years!
We therefore reported this to the roads maintenance partnership asking for repairs to be carried out and were thereafter promised that an Order had been raised to ensure this was repaired.
