Monifieth Road

I was asked by bus users who live south of Monifieth Road if there was anything that could be done to help in negotiating this busy road when alighting from the bus at the Panmure Street stop. There is a traffic order currently going through the statutory processes with the intention of making Monifieth Road 30mph along its entirety, which will help a bit. I asked the City Development Department if anything further could be done. I have copied below, for interest, the response I received:

 'I do sympathise with your constituents difficulty in crossing Monifieth Road but considering Monifieth Road as a whole, similar conditions are to be seen at other junctions adjoining this road, such as Norrie Street and Boyd Place.

There are two types of intervention that would be considered at this location, namely,  central islands or a build out. Central islands have a large disadvantage in that substantial lengths of double yellow lines are required, around and adjacent to the islands so that general traffic can safely negotiate them. The double yellow lines can take up to nine months to procure and this removes on-street parking opportunities, upsetting adjacent householders. The locations of the bus bays on either side of this junction makes the sighting of central islands extremely problematic and the bus shelter and bus stop may have to be moved.

The problems associated with a build out are not as onerous as central islands but again the location of the adjacent bus bays would be required to be moved to accommodate the turning manoeuvres of vehicles exiting Panmure Street onto Monifieth Road.

The accident history at this location shows no pedestrian injury accidents for a three year period up to and including May 2012.

With these considerations in mind, I do not intend to carry out measures at this time but I will ask my Traffic and Transport team to continue monitoring this area as to its road safety.'