Ninewells Community Garden Big Biodiversity Bash #dundeewestend

The Ninewells Community Garden Big Biodiversity Bash will be making a return for 2025.

This Saturday - 12th July - all are invited to get up close with nature and think about all the bugs, beasties and creatures that are so important to welcome in our green spaces.

Read more on the Ninewells Community Garden Facebook page at www.facebook.com/NinewellsGarden

West End ward surgeries #dundeewestend

Just a reminder that our Tuesday surgeries today do not take place as it is during the school summer holidays.

However, we can be contacted at any time on Dundee 459378 or by email at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk - many thanks!

Please note that our street surgeries on a Thursday will take place as normal.

Can you help Royal Victoria Hospital and Roxburghe House? #dundeewestend

Royal Victoria Hospital and Roxburghe House are currently looking for volunteer drivers who can help transport patients to their appointments.

NHS Tayside offers mileage reimbursement and training.

Come and join the wonderful and vibrant community of volunteers and staff.

To find out more contact the team at tay.volunteeringroxburghedundee@nhs.scot or call 423128.

West Port - 1960s #dundeewestend

A wonderful photo of the West Port in the 1960s, taken by the late Dr Denis Bethell

Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - SATURDAY 5 AND SUNDAY 6 JULY 2025

Strawberrybank (at Perth Road) – closed for one week for Scottish Water work.

[Note from Fraser and Michael – we have queried this as we are aware of what appears to be Scottish Water emergency work but residents are asking the need for this length of closure as there was no work on-site parts of Thursday and Friday.    Scottish Water has advised it will prioritise the work today - sett reinstatement - and hopefully the closure will therefore be lifted soon.]

REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 7 JULY 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.

Scottish and Southern Energy Networks Elmwood Cable Renewal Scheme - temporary traffic lights and road closure from Tuesday 4 March for 19 weeks insofar as it affects the West End Ward :

• Ancrum Road (at Peel Street) – temporary traffic lights for 5 weeks; and

• Tullideph Road (City Road to Greenbank Place) – closed westbound for 6 weeks.

[Note from Fraser and Michael – the road report information is provided by the City Council. We queried the over-run of this project and the lights on Ancrum Road and westbound closure on Tullideph Road. This has been caused we understand by issues between SSEN and its contractor over the jointing phase of the work.   Please see our latest update about the delays at http://tiny.cc/Ancrum-Tullideph which indicate the work will not be completed until 10^th to 17^th August.]

Blackness Road (at Glenagnes Road) - temporary traffic lights for one week for Scottish Water work.

Hawkhill (at Hunter Street) – temporary traffic lights from Wednesday 9 July for 2 days for Scottish Water work.

Forthcoming Roadworks

Blackness Road (at Hyndford Street) – temporary traffic lights from 9.00am on Thursday 17 July to 6.00am on Friday 18 July for Scottish Water work.

Blackness Road (at Balgay Road) – temporary traffic lights from 9.00am on Friday 18 July to 6.00am on Saturday 19 July for Scottish Water work.

Jedburgh Road – closed from Monday 21 July for 7 days for carriageway resurfacing.

Lochee Road (at Smellies Lane) – temporary traffic lights on Thursday 24 July for 2 days for Scottish Water work.

Smellies Lane – closed from Thursday 24 July for 2 days for Scottish Water work.

City Road (at Friary Gardens) – temporary traffic lights on Monday 28 July (9.00am to midnight) for Scottish Water work.

Sunday band concert at Magdalen Green #dundeewestend

Great to see Dundee Instrumental Band is holding two Sunday band concerts this month on Magdalen Green.

The first one is on Sunday - 6th July - at 2pm - all welcome!

Our West End street surgeries tonight #dundeewestend

Although our Tuesday ward surgeries do not take place over the school summer holidays, we are holding a Thursday street surgery tonight as usual to speak with residents on any local issues or concerns they may have.

Should you have an issue you wish to discuss with us, e-mail us at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk or call Dundee 459378 and we will be pleased to meet you - many thanks.

Getting things done - Hillside Place #dundeewestend

We recently received concerns about the deteriorated state of the road surface in Hillside Place.

We raised this with the roads maintenance partnership and were promised repairs.

However, given the extremely poor road condition, we asked about the possibility of future resurfacing and were advised as follows :

"Hillside Place did not make it into this year’s list for resurfacing work, but it will be scored again this year for possible inclusion in next year’s list."

Our West End ward surgeries #dundeewestend

Our Tuesday surgeries today do not take place as it is during the school summer holidays.

However, we can be contacted at any time on Dundee 459378 or by email at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk - many thanks!

Please note that our street surgeries on a Thursday will take place as normal.

Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 30 JUNE 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.

Scottish and Southern Energy Networks Elmwood Cable Renewal Scheme - temporary traffic lights and road closure from Tuesday 4 March for 19 weeks insofar as it affects the West End Ward :

• Ancrum Road (at Peel Street) – temporary traffic lights for 7 weeks; and

• Tullideph Road (City Road to Greenbank Place) – closed westbound for 7 weeks.

[Note from Fraser and Michael – the road report information is provided by the City Council. We queried the over-run of this project and the lights on Ancrum Road and westbound closure on Tullideph Road. This has been caused we understand by issues between SSEN and its contractor over the jointing phase of the work. We have been assured that the work will be completed by 7th July. We wrote to SSEN about the delays].

Blackness Road (at Glenagnes Road) - temporary traffic lights from Monday 30 June for 2 weeks for Scottish Water work.

Milnbank Road (at Polepark Road) – closed from Monday 30 June for 3 days for joint fill/lining works.

Ninewells Avenue (between Ninewells Drive and Dickson Avenue) – closed from Thursday 3 July for 3 days for joint fill/lining works.

Forthcoming Roadworks

Hawkhill (at Hunter Street) – temporary traffic lights from Wednesday 9 July for 2 days for Scottish Water work.

Blackness Road (at Hyndford Street) – temporary traffic lights from 9.00am on Thursday 17 July to 6.00am on Friday 18 July for Scottish Water work.

Blackness Road (at Balgay Road) – temporary traffic lights from 9.00am on Friday 18 July to 6.00am on Saturday 19 July for Scottish Water work.

Jedburgh Road – closed from Monday 21 July for 7 days for carriageway resurfacing.

Lochee Road (at Smellies Lane) – temporary traffic lights on Thursday 24 July for 2 days for Scottish Water work.

Smellies Lane – closed from Thursday 24 July for 2 days for Scottish Water work.

City Road (at Friary Gardens) – temporary traffic lights on Monday 28 July (9.00am to midnight) for Scottish Water work.

Nethergate #dundeewestend

With thanks to SJ Bogue and Dundee Memories, looking east along the Nethergate back in 1960.

Summer holiday activities across the city

There's a host of fun activities for all children, young people and families during the summer school holidays. 

A full list of activities is available at https://t.co/OfRmq2zGSc

Riverside Nature Park event #dundeewestend

All are welcome at an event at Riverside Nature Park a week on Saturday - 5th July - at which the lovely new signage for the park will be officially launched.

The signs are designed by the wonderful Cara Rooney Illustration and the event will be fun for all the family!

West End street surgeries tonight #dundeewestend

We are holding a Thursday street surgery tonight to speak with residents on any local issues or concerns they may have.

Should you have an issue you wish to discuss with us, e-mail us at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk or call Dundee 459378 and we will be pleased to meet you - many thanks.

Getting things done - Brook Street #dundeewestend

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."

Our weekly ward surgery tonight #dundeewestend

Our joint weekly ward surgery takes place tonight.

This week it is as follows :

Blackness Library (Tuesdays 5pm – every week during school term time)

All welcome – no appointment necessary!

Please note this is our final surgery before the school summer holidays - surgeries return after the holidays - but we will be continuing our weekly street surgeries over the summer.

Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 23 JUNE 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.

Scottish and Southern Energy Networks Elmwood Cable Renewal Scheme - temporary traffic lights and road closure from Tuesday 4 March for 19 weeks insofar as it affects the West End Ward :

• Ancrum Road (at Peel Street) – temporary traffic lights for 2 weeks; and

• Tullideph Road (City Road to Greenbank Place) – closed westbound for 2 weeks.

[Note from Fraser and Michael – the road report information is provided by the City Council. We queried the over-run of this project and the lights on Ancrum Road and westbound closure on Tullideph Road. This has been caused we understand by issues between SSEN and its contractor over the jointing phase of the work. We have been assured that the work will be completed by 7th July. We wrote to SSEN about the delays].

Perth Road (at Farington Street) – temporary traffic lights on Tuesday 24 June for BT work.

Blackness Avenue (at Shaftesbury Terrace) – temporary traffic lights from 9.00am to midnight on Wednesday 25 June for Scottish Water work.

Glamis Road (at Blackness Road) – temporary traffic lights from 9.00am on Wednesday 25 June to 6.00am on Thursday 26 June for Scottish Water work.

Riverside Esplanade – nearside westbound lane closure from 9.00am on Wednesday 25 June to 6.00am on Thursday 26 June for Scottish Water work.

Forthcoming Roadworks

Blackness Road (at Glenagnes Road) - temporary traffic lights from Monday 30 June for 2 weeks for Scottish Water work.

Milnbank Road (at Polepark Road) – closed from Monday 30 June for 3 days for joint fill/lining works.

Ninewells Avenue – closed from Thursday 3 July for 3 days for joint fill/lining works.

Hawkhill (at Hunter Street) – temporary traffic lights from Wednesday 9 July for 2 days for Scottish Water work.

Logie Steamie #dundeewestend

With thanks to Shirley Grant and Dundee Memories, the Logie Steamie in the early 1950s.

Corso Street Complex Strawberry Tea #dundeewestend

All are welcome at the Corso Street Complex Strawberry Tea next Thursday - 26th June - at 2.30pm!

The complex is at 37 Blackness Avenue, lying in the path from Blackness Avenue up to Abbotsford Street.

Getting things done - Riverside Avenue/Perth Road #dundeewestend

Residents recently drew to our attention issues with the lighting on the path from Riverside Avenue to Perth Road - that reaches Perth Road west of River Crescent and east of Riverside Place - was not all operating properly making the path very dark at night.

We drew this to the attention of the Street Lighting Partnership who agreed to inspect and check the lighting here to ensure all the lighting posts are functioning properly.

Street surgeries tonight #dundeewestend

We are holding a Thursday street surgery tonight to speak with residents on any local issues or concerns they may have.

Should you have an issue you wish to discuss with us, e-mail us at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk or call Dundee 459378 and we will be pleased to meet you - many thanks.

HERA - Harris Education and Recreation Association updates #dundeewestend

This Saturday - 21st June - at 10.30am at the Corso Street Complex, there's a HERA Summer Taster Session.

All are invited to this free event where Italian class member Andrew will talk about how learning a language with HERA helped him on his recent expedition across Italy.

Expect fun-filled moments, fascinating photographs and times when things became quite hair-raising.

Book your free place at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hera-italian-class-summer-taster-a-learners-adventure-tickets-1373555374099

... and don't forget that later today - at 8pm - HERA holds its end of term showcase event at Harris Academy - read more at www.facebook.com/events/9921956104532111

West End weekly ward surgeries tonight #dundeewestend

Our West End surgeries take place later today.

This week, they are as follows :

Blackness Library (Tuesdays 5pm – every week during school term time)

West End Campus (come to reception area of St Joseph's RC PS and Victoria Park PS) – (3rd Tuesday of each month at 5.45pm during school term time)

All welcome - no appointment needed!

Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 16 JUNE 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.

Scottish and Southern Energy Networks Elmwood Cable Renewal Scheme - temporary traffic lights and road closure from Tuesday 4 March for 19 weeks insofar as it affects the West End Ward:

• Ancrum Road (at Peel Street) – temporary traffic lights for 4 weeks; and

• Tullideph Road (City Road to Greenbank Place) – closed westbound for 4 weeks.

[Note from Fraser and Michael – the road report information is provided by the City Council.    We have queried the over-run of this project and the lights on Ancrum Road and westbound closure on Tullideph Road.   This has been caused we understand by issues between SSEN and its contractor over the jointing phase of the work.    We have been assured that the work will be completed by 7th July.    We have written to SSEN about the delays].

Park Place – give and take traffic control for 2 weeks from Monday 16 June for lighting works.

Forthcoming Roadworks

Perth Road (at Farington Street) – temporary traffic lights on Tuesday 24 June for BT work.

Blackness Avenue (at Shaftesbury Terrace) – temporary traffic lights from 9.00am to midnight on Wednesday 25 June for Scottish Water work.

Glamis Road (at Blackness Road) – temporary traffic lights from 9.00am on Wednesday 25 June to 6.00am on Thursday 26 June for Scottish Water work.

Riverside Esplanade – nearside westbound lane closure from 9.00am on Wednesday 25 June to 6.00am on Thursday 26 June for Scottish Water work.

Blackness Road (at Glenagnes Road) - temporary traffic lights from Monday 30 June for 2 weeks for Scottish Water work.

Milnbank Road (at Polepark Road) – closed from Monday 30 June for 3 days for joint fill/lining works.

Ninewells Avenue – closed from Thursday 3 July for 3 days for joint fill/lining works.

Hawkhill (at Hunter Street) – temporary traffic lights from Wednesday 9 July for 2 days for Scottish Water work.

Logie Street/Lochee Road #dundeewestend

With thanks to Shirley Grant and Dundee Memories, two 28 buses on Logie Street/Lochee Road - 1990s.

Transition Dundee Ceilidh #dundeewestend

The lovely folk at Transition Dundee are hosting a fundraiser ceilidh at The Friary on Saturday 28th June.

Tickets are £15 with stovies being provided and a pop bar available for drinks.     They are having a raffle, a whiskey toss and selling upcycled items made by the talented volunteers!

You can book tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fundraiser-ceilidh-by-transition-dundee-tickets-1365986976819 - all welcome!

Friends of Blackness Summer Fair tomorrow! #dundeewestend

The Friends of Blackness Summer Fayre takes place at Blackness Primary School tomorrow - Saturday 14th June - between 10am and 12 noon - all welcome!

Our West End street surgeries tonight #dundeewestend

We are holding a Thursday street surgery tonight to speak with residents on any local issues or concerns they may have.

Should you have an issue you wish to discuss with us, e-mail us at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk or call Dundee 459378 and we will be pleased to meet you - many thanks.

Dundee Cinéma les Auteurs #dundeewestend

Dundee Cinéma les Auteurs is a unique 3-day event dedicated to celebrating the creativity bubbling within our city.

It offers a platform for filmmakers of all levels to share their stories with a local audience.

It is taking place at The Vine, 43 Magdalen Yard Road.

You can read full details at https://sites.google.com/view/dundeecinema - all welcome!

Our weekly ward surgeries tonight #dundeewestend

Our joint weekly ward surgeries take place tonight.

This week they are as follows :

Blackness Library (Tuesdays 5pm – every week during school term time)

Harris Academy reception area (2nd Tuesday of each month at 5.45pm during school term time)

All welcome – no appointment necessary!

Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 9 JUNE 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.

Scottish and Southern Energy Networks Elmwood Cable Renewal Scheme - temporary traffic lights and road closure from Tuesday 4 March for 19 weeks insofar as it affects the West End Ward :

Ancrum Road (at Peel Street) – temporary traffic lights for 4 weeks; and

Tullideph Road (City Road to Greenbank Place) – closed westbound for 4 weeks.

[Note from Fraser and Michael – the road report information is provided by the City Council.    We have queried the over-run of this project and the lights on Ancrum Road and westbound closure on Tullideph Road.   This has been caused we understand by issues between SSEN and its contractor over the jointing phase of the work.    We have been assured that the work will be completed by 7th July.    We have written to SSEN about the delays].

Park Place – give and take traffic control for 3 weeks from Monday 9 June for lighting works.

Douglas Street (east of Blinshall Street) – closed from Friday 6 June for 4 days for water connection works.

Cross Lane – temporary traffic lights Monday 9 June for 3 days for Environmental Technique work.

Forthcoming Roadworks

Perth Road (at Farington Street) – temporary traffic lights on Tuesday 24 June for BT work.

Blackness Avenue (at Shaftesbury Terrace) – temporary traffic lights from 9.00am to midnight on Wednesday 25 June for Scottish Water work.

Glamis Road (at Blackness Road) – temporary traffic lights from 9.00am on Wednesday 25 June to 6.00am on Thursday 26 June for Scottish Water work.

Riverside Esplanade – nearside westbound lane closure from 9.00am on Wednesday 25 June to 6.00am on Thursday 26 June for Scottish Water work.

Blackness Road (at Glenagnes Road) - temporary traffic lights from Monday 30 June for 2 weeks for Scottish Water work.

Milnbank Road (at Polepark Road) – closed from Monday 30 June for 3 days for joint fill/lining works.

Ninewells Avenue – closed from Thursday 3 July for 3 days for joint fill/lining works.

Hawkhill (at Hunter Street) – temporary traffic lights from Wednesday 9 July for 2 days for Scottish Water work.

Veterans Day in the City Square

Yesterday, Michael had the pleasure of representing Dundee's Liberal Democrat councillors at the Veterans Day event in the City Square, a chance to honour all military veterans for their devoted and selfless service to our country :

West End Public Art and Design Walking Tour #dundeewestend

The Curator of Museum Services at the University of Dundee is currently running the latest programme of walking tours showcasing Dundee’s amazing collection of public art and design.

Museum curator Matthew Jarron (coordinator of the Public Art Dundee project) is leading some nine walking tours in different parts of the city and we are pleased to see one in the West End :

Wednesday 11th June - Blackness

Further details and booking information is available at www.eventbrite.com/e/public-art-design-walking-tour-blackness-tickets-1326420311859

Victoria Gardens big lunch this Sunday! #dundeewestend

All are welcome at the Victoria Gardens big lunch this Sunday - 8th June - from 2.30pm!

West End street surgeries tonight #dundeewestend

We are holding a Thursday street surgery tonight to speak with residents on any local issues or concerns they may have.

Should you have an issue you wish to discuss with us, e-mail us at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk or call Dundee 459378 and we will be pleased to meet you - many thanks.

Getting things done - Perth Road #dundeewestend

Many thanks to the residents who recently raised with us the fact that a bollard on south side of Perth Road outside the Red Cross shop was missing, creating a trip hazard.

We reported this to the Roads Maintenance Partnership and received the following helpful reply :

"The inspector has had this missing bollard made safe and raised an order for a replacement to be installed."

West End weekly ward surgeries tonight #dundeewestend

Our joint weekly ward surgeries take place tonight.

This week they are as follows :

Blackness Library (Tuesdays 5pm – every week during school term time)

Ancrum Road Primary School (1st Tuesday of each month at 5.45pm during school term time)

All welcome – no appointment necessary!

Weekly Road Report – West End Ward #dundeewestend

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL – WEEKLY ROAD REPORT

REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 2 JUNE 2025

Shaftesbury Road (Hyndford Street to Seymour Street) – closed from Wednesday 21 May for 2 weeks for Scottish Water work.

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.

Scottish and Southern Energy Networks Elmwood Cable Renewal Scheme - temporary traffic lights and road closure from Tuesday 4 March for 19 weeks insofar as it affects the West End Ward :

• Ancrum Road (at Peel Street) – temporary traffic lights for 7 weeks; and

• Tullideph Road (City Road to Greenbank Place) – closed westbound for 7 weeks.

Park Place – give and take traffic control for 4 weeks Monday 02 June for lighting works.

Perth Road (at Westfield Lane) – temporary traffic lights from Monday 2 June for 5 days for Scottish and Southern Energy Network work.

Douglas Street (east of Blinshall Street) – closed from Friday 6 June for 4 days for water connection works.

Forthcoming Roadworks

Cross Lane – temporary traffic lights Monday 9 June for 3 days for Environmental Technique work.

Perth Road (at Farington Street) – temporary traffic lights on Tuesday 24 June for BT work.

Blackness Avenue (at Shaftesbury Terrace) – temporary traffic lights from 9.00am to midnight on Wednesday 25 June for Scottish Water work.

Blackness Road (at Glenagnes Road) - temporary traffic lights from Monday 30 June for 2 weeks for Scottish Water work.

The Queen's Hotel #dundeewestend

With thanks to Mila White Photography, a superb photo of the Queen's Hotel in the Nethergate :

WestFest Big Sunday tomorrow! #dundeewestend

Don't forget, WestFest Big Sunday takes place tomorrow - Sunday 1st June - at Magdalen Green.

Full line-up details are available at www.dundeewestfest.org

This year's event takes place from 12 noon until 8pm - a great event for all the family - see you there!

Inappropriate bus use of Hyndford Street – a further update #dundeewestend

Residents will recall our most recent post about Stagecoach buses using Hyndford Street back on 4th May and the good news that the bus company had agreed to move buses away from this highly residential street where buses did not even stop.

We have now received a further update from the Commercial Director of Stagecoach East Scotland to confirm the date from which buses will stop using Hyndford Street and the new route, as follows :

"The paperwork for registration was submitted last Friday and this would be with a start date of 7th July to meet necessary timescales.

The route submitted comes out of Hyndford Street as discussed and instead turns via Bellfield Street.

We've also made a wider change to the route to return via Hawkhill rather than via Perth Road /Nethergate and we're using the additional time now available on this service to cover another request we've had in the city centre - a bus departing the bus station and dropping off at the rail station.

The new route and timings therefore retain the service as it was in the eastern section but with suitable timing adjustments to provide more onward connections, the maps may help to illustrate the route east to west."

Street surgeries tonight #dundeewestend

We are holding a Thursday street surgery tonight to speak with residents on any local issues or concerns they may have.

Should you have an issue you wish to discuss with us, e-mail us at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk or call Dundee 459378 and we will be pleased to meet you - many thanks.

Temporary Traffic Orders – Shaftesbury Road and Hillcrest Road

EMERGENCY ROAD CLOSURES – we have received these two emergency traffic orders yesterday following water mains issues currently being tackled by Scottish Water :

THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14 (3)

1. THE DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL AS TRAFFIC AUTHORITY being satisfied that there is a likelihood of DAMAGE TO THE ROAD hereby PROHIBIT the driving of any vehicle in Shaftesbury Road (between Hyndford Street and Seymour Street), Dundee.

This notice comes into effect on Wednesday 21st May 2025 for 2 weeks.

A diversion is available via Hyndford Street / Speed Street / Seymour Street and in reverse.

2. THE DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL AS TRAFFIC AUTHORITY being satisfied that there is a likelihood of DAMAGE TO THE ROAD hereby PROHIBIT the driving of any vehicle in Hillcrest Road (at its junction with Marchfield Crescent), Dundee.

This notice comes into effect on Thursday 23rd May 2025 for 1 week.

A diversion is available via Marchfield Road / Blackness Road / Blackness Avenue and in reverse.

For further information contact 07939 282882.

Executive Director,

City Development Department,

Dundee City Council.

West End weekly ward surgery tonight #dundeewestend

Our joint weekly ward surgery takes place tonight.

This week it is as follows :

Blackness Library (Tuesdays 5pm – every week during school term time)

All welcome – no appointment necessary!

Pension credit update

Over £3 million has been put into the pockets of Dundee pensioners, thanks to city-wide efforts encouraging people to apply for Pension Credit.

The council’s Council Advice Services Team has been running a campaign with Dundee Citizens Advice Bureau and Brooksbank to maximize the income of as many citizens of Dundee as possible over the state pension age.

Since the launch of this campaign, over £3,148,494 has been awarded to the citizens of Dundee through various benefits. With the average Pension Credit award being £68 per week, and an average backdated pension credit award of over £900.

The council continues to identify and contact households who might be entitled to Pension Credit and to reach as many people as possible.

Pension Credit is a payment for those whose income is less than the UK Government states someone over Pension age should receive.

Entitlement to Pension Credit depends on a person’s circumstances and looks at all the income in the household as well as savings over a certain amount. Whilst savings are considered, there is no upper threshold, so having savings does not necessarily mean there would be no entitlement.

Pension Credit also gives eligibility to free NHS dental treatment, NHS glasses, free TV Licence for over 75s, amongst other benefits.

Anyone looking to get a benefits check should contact the team on cas@dundeecity.gov.uk or the Older People’s Take-up Campaign line on 434474.