In 1999 following representations from councillors, pedestrians and householders, the council introduced its unadopted footways scheme. Each year all the pavements nominated for inclusion in the scheme are ranked against a criteria and the level of funding available for the scheme allows the top dozen or so in the priority ranking list to be be brought up to standard. At that time West Ferry had a number of unadopted pavements and as the councillor for the area I set myself an objective of ensuring that all of the pavements in the ward would be adopted. Over the years I have suggested ways to improve the ranking of many of the pavements against the criteria.
The streets in the former West Ferry ward that now have decent pavements due to the unadopted footways scheme are: Albert Gardens, Albert Road, Balgillo Road, Balmyle Road, Bayfield Road, Bayfield Gardens, Caenlochan Road, Cedar Road, Davidson Street, Dundee Road, Duntrune Terrace, Ellieslea Road, Fairfield Road, Grove Road, Victoria Road, Deepdale Place, Ferndale Drive, Traill Street and three other sections of Albany Road.
With a section of Fairfield Road adjacent to Dawson Park also to be attended to this year all that remains on the unadopted footways list from the former West Ferry ward are Stewart Street, a section of Fintry Place and the final section of Albany Road (north side between Ralston Road and Fairfield Road). I am hopeful that these will also be attended to in the near future.
Since 2007 within the wider multi-member Ferry ward even more have been attended to, particularly in Barnhill which used to have a similar number of unadopted pavements as West Ferry. There are of course many still to be attended to, some in very poor condition and I will continue to push for their inclusion in a programme of works.
