I was contacted by residents about a damaged drain in Panmurefield Village on the opposite side of the road from the Co-op. The Roads Maintenance Partnership made it safe during the summer with the use of sandbags and a sign was put in place to warn traffic. Since then nothing has happened and concern is growing about another nearby drain which looks as if it is starting to fail and also the condition of the carriageway.
I raised the matter at the start of this week with the appropriate council departments and in response I was advised that there is still some investigation work on-going into who has the maintenance responsibility as the ‘adoption’ process with the developer wasn’t completed and as such the road is not on the list of public roads. At present the liability doesn’t rest with Dundee City Council.
However the city engineer indicated that with public safety in mind works would be carried out by the Roads Maintenance Partnership. These include replacing the gully frame and lid at the damaged drain, resetting the other failing gully frame and lid, making safe the potholes, removing a pole stump and making safe the north footway at a telecoms cover. When I looked this morning work had commenced.
Carrying out these repairs does not place any responsibility or liability on the council for this section of road and once it has been established who has responsibility the council will be looking to recover the associated repair costs.
