In recent months, I have had a number of complaints from residents about the condition of the road at the junction of Hillside Road and Glamis Road.As this junction is the only entrance to Hillside Road, Hillside Drive, Hillside Place and Hillside Terrace it gets a considerable amount of traffic, and I have therefore raised this concern with the City Council.
The City Engineer has now responded in the following terms :
"The Roads Maintenance Team is aware that the carriageway surface in Hillside Road and particularly the junction, is less than ideal.
"It has been assessed for possible inclusion in surfacing programmes along with others throughout the city. Unfortunately due to financial constraints and when considered against other streets it has not been possible to include Hillside Road to date.
"An annual review will be carried out again within the next few months and Hillside Road will again be considered for inclusion in a surfacing programme.
"In the meantime the area supervisor will continue to inspect the carriageway and make safe as required.
"Please note that I have been advised that unfortunately rapid rhino repairs to the junction would not work because the carriageway construction below the surface is a dry bound mix.
"Extensive standard patching could not be justified because of cost - it would be more cost effective to use surface treatment such as ralumac/nimactocote or possibly in situ retread for the whole street, however this street's priority would need to be considered for such treatment against other similar streets throughout the city."
I will be keeping a close eye on the situation and will discuss the matter further with the City Engineer when the Annual Review of roads maintenance projects is carried out later this year.