Active travel around a Dundee community is set to receive a boost with the installation of a new crossing for safer and improved access to the Green Circular route.
Work to put in a controlled toucan crossing on the A930 Dundee Road West, just west of Margaret Crescent, as well as a kerb realignment and creation of a central island which will narrow the carriageway and moderate vehicle speeds will begin next month.
Mark Flynn convener of Dundee City Council’s committee said: “Each year we receive funds from the Scottish Government to enhance walking and cycling infrastructure in the city to encourage more sustainable forms of transport that will help us meet climate change targets and promote more active travel.“This upgrade is a significant enhancement of the existing facilities in this part of Broughty Ferry and will also support the council’s own climate change action plan ambitions for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”
Cllr Kevin Cordell the council’s cycling spokesperson added: “As well as providing safer facilities for cyclists and pedestrians across a busy road, the new crossing will connect to the Green Circular linking with the route northwards, over Strathern Road and through Dundee and Angus College campus to the A92 Arbroath Road and the new crossing recently installed there.
The pavement on the south side of Dundee Road West will also be resurfaced from Strips of Craigie roundabout to Dairy Bridge opposite Margaret Crescent.Work on the £262,510 scheme by sub-contractors T&N Gilmartin, working on behalf of Tayside Contracts, is expected to begin on January 10 and take around eight weeks 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%.
