I
attended the December meeting of Broughty Ferry Community Council last night in
Broughty Ferry Library. There were no guest speakers on this occasion but a
number of things were on the agenda, including planning issues and licensing
matters.
I
gave an update on the partial closure of the Queen Street car park to
facilitate the major platform works at the railway station. Occupation of the
car park will be from 8 January 2018 up to and including 9 May 2018. Amongst
other items I reminded everyone about the pop up charity shop in Gray Street,
operated by Ferrytime. It will be there until Saturday of this week. I also mentioned that the new speed activated
illuminated signs on Strathern Road will be a permanent fixture, given the
recent accident history at the Fairfield Road location. Members asked me to investigate traffic
issues at a couple of other locations and I will report back on these at the
next meeting, which is scheduled for 10th January at 7pm.
The
community council is a really good forum for local residents to raise issues.
It is a statutory body and plays a part in helping the city council to engage
with residents and ascertain local opinion on strategic priorities and
policies. It’s also one of only a
handful of community councils still active in Dundee.
