East End Ward

The City Council have informed me of a proposal to install a new recycling station in Westcroft Place. It is proposed that this be installed on the large section of pavement in front of the two parking bays (on East side of the road).

The council will also send letters to nearby households at least one week prior to installation to provide occupants with an opportunity to comment.

Nearby householders will also be provided with an information leaflet and reusable jute bag to carry recyclables to the bins.

Each Neighbourhood Recycling Point will consist of 4 steel containers for recycling each of the following materials: Paper, Clear glass, Green glass and Brown glass.

With recycling being something that many of us are trying to do more of, I welcome this proposal. As with the other recycling centres in the are both myself and Christina will be watching the containers to ensure that they are not vandalised. Thankfully, I have not heard of any being vandalised as of yet.

My other concern at the moment is the road layout at the Claverhouse Junction, especially at Fintry Road and Fountainbleu. The reader's letter page of the tele has had some worrying letters in it recently indicating that drivers feel this particular junction is an accident waiting to happen. I have to agree.

Prior to these letter going to press, I spoke to the Director of Planning and Transportation raising these concerns. The basic crunch issue is this. On approach to this junction, their is only one sign indicating which lane you should be in. Blink and you miss it. It is not the first time I have been in the correct lane for a driver to cut me up.

Ok, it always takes time for people to settle in to a new junction and sometimes I think it is easier for out of town drivers as they will generally be paying more attention as the layout is unfamiliar to them. However we have become very used to the old junction and simply do not know what to do when we approach something new. I say this from experience as the first time i got to this junction, I didn't have a clue and ended up in the wrong lane myself!

Along with Christina and my SNP colleague's in the North East Ward, we will be asking for immediate improvements to be made before an accident does happen.

Information regarding road layout changes below. Again as this junction progresses, please be patient. At Mondays committees I asked for assurance that this phase of the works will be completed on time. The completion date is scheduled to be the 21st December, however Morrisons are confident that they will have the work completed by the 14th.

Info below.........

Work at the new Claverhouse Junction continues at pace. We intend to change over from contraflow to fast lane closures tonight. This will allow completion of the central reservation work, barriers and traffic lights. The side roads will have to remain closed for safety and completion of traffic lights however this should help with traffic flows through the works.

Advance notice of the following sets of roadworks. Care should be taken especially at Forfar Road /Kingsway as major works are about to commence. Also please note that a section of Pitkerro Road will also be closed for a while in order to facilitate resurfacing.

Details of this are below;
FORFAR ROAD / KINGSWAY / CLAVERHOUSE
Further to our previous correspondence we are now in the position tostart the work on the trunk roads in Dundee. A reminder to you that wewill be converting the existing roundabouts at Kingsway/Forfar road andClaverhouse to light controlled junctions. This work will be carried outin phases and we will keep all of you up to date as the work progresses.

The first phase of the works which will commence on the 3rd September2007 will entail the construction of two cross over points on the verges above and below the existing roundabout at the junction of Claverhouse and Forfar Rd. We will also have to deal with some services issues atthe same time. At the moment we are anticipating two weeks of work,weather dependant, however we will strive to reduce this timescale if wecan.

Fountainbleau drive will remain closed.

The traffic management will be off peak only that is 9.30-15.30 and also19.30-05.30. we will only take up the evening off peak closure oncertain occasions. At these times the fast lane on both the North andSouth bound will be closed. The off peak closure means that the cones are lifted during high volumes of traffic. There will automated signs positioned on the Kingsway and Forfar road toupdate driver of any forthcoming changes.

For everyone's safety the speed limit will be reduced to 30mph, pleasebe patient and allow extra time for your journey.

Once this phase is completed the works will move to full contraflow while each side of the junction is totally reconstructed.

Pitkerro Road (Happyhillock Road to Longhaugh Road), Dundee – Carriageway Resurfacing (WORKS EXPECTED TO LAST 2 WEEKS)
In the interest of public safety, a road closure will be implemented and traffic will be diverted via Happyhillock Road, Drumgeith Road, Whitfield Drive, Fintry Terrace and reverse, for the duration of the works.
No on-street parking will be allowed on the section of carriageway being worked on. Restricted access will be maintained from the Happyhillock Road to service businesses within the closed section of road. However, we ask that vehicular traffic movements be kept to a minimum, where possible. Please note that pedestrian thoroughfare will be maintained throughout the works.

We have been notified that the 1st phase of work to upgrade the Claverhouse junction (Forfar Road) will start on Monday 18th June. Therefore we give advance notice that this can and probably will cause disruption. The work includes deep excavation and will require a lane to be closed for safety reasons whilst this is carried out.

If you can find an alternative route it would certainly be recommended.