A popular city centre shortcut has had a £200,000 facelift in readiness for the end of lockdown and visitors returning to Dundee.
The pend between Castle Street and City Square has been transformed with new floor coverings, wall tiles, lighting and drainage repairs.
Mark Flynn convener of Dundee City Council’s city development committee said: “We know that to encourage people to visit somewhere it has to have welcoming, vibrant, functional and accessible public spaces.
“So, this project helps to improve the city centre’s amenities delivering a more attractive public space, which will help to build a successful city centre for businesses, tourism and people who live there.
“The importance of both Crichton Street and Castle Street will continue to grow as the city centre develops and we see more pedestrians going to and from to City Square if the entrances are signposted and more inviting.”
Designed in-house by Dundee City Council’s city development team the £211,000 project includes new granite floor coverings, feature wall tiles, lighting, painting, stone cleaning, canopy maintenance and above and below ground drainage repairs.
The distinctive use of colour, lighting and high-quality material finishes were chosen to brighten up the pend and strengthen the sense of place within the city centre.
New signage will be installed at both ends of the pend to highlight City Square, Castle Street and the access at the opposite side of the square to Crichton Street.
The work, by Angus-based Anderson Specialist Contracting, has taken around eight months to complete.
Dundee City Council
Dundee draws skilled workers from a 60-minute catchment population of 640,000 and has a local population of over 140,000. The availability of a large pool of highly skilled labour is a key feature in the Dundee economy. Flexibility in the labour force is currently more prevalent in Dundee than in Scotland as a whole. All forms of labour market flexibility - part-time, temporary employment, self-employment and shift work - are widely operational within the city. Labour force stability in the city is excellent, enabling companies to plan with confidence. Labour turnover levels are less than 5% and absenteeism averages 2%.
