Fraser is pictured in Brook Street, just east of the Co-op, where residents have asked us if a pedestrian crossing would be possible given the volume of traffic and the difficulty pedestrians - and particularly elderly residents - have getting across the road to the shop.
This has been raised before but at that time the number of pedestrians crossing here was not high enough to meet the criteria for a pedestrian crossing, but in light of the recent requests we asked the City Council to re-survey the road to see if it now met the criteria for a crossing.
The Senior Engineer (Traffic & Road Safety) at Dundee City Council has updated us as follows :
"Thank you for your e-mail from one of your constituents regarding a request for a pedestrian crossing point on Brook St at the Co-op store.
It's probably best to give you a little bit of background information on how the Council process such requests. As you can imagine we receive many requests for additional pedestrian facilities throughout the city however with limited financial resources it is essential for us to prioritise these locations. This is done by undertaking a Pedestrian Vehicle Ratio assessment (PV2). This assessment, through a survey of pedestrians and vehicles at a site, provides a PV2 value that indicates the existing pedestrian demand and length of time of opportunity to cross the road. Adjustment factors are then applied to consider the number of vulnerable user groups trying to cross, the level of buses and HGVs, the carriageway width, vehicle speeds etc.
Locations with a PV2 value of 1 or higher are considered for pedestrian facilities.
Locations with a value of less than 1 may still be considered for improvement, however, these locations would require additional justification and would likely only be considered as part of a wider pedestrian /cycle network improvement.
With regard to Brook Street, pedestrian and vehicle surveys were carried out on Brook St near Co-op store during March 2023. Analysis of these surveys gave this location a PV2 value of 0.087 with an adjusted value of 0.098, both of which are below the intervention level value of 1, so no action was determined.
I will however add this location to our speed radar deployment list and will ask that Brook St is included in another batch of vehicle/pedestrian surveys and see if situation has changed since the last survey. These vehicle/pedestrian surveys will done next Spring, 2026 but I will have speed data within the next few months resources allowing."