I am pleased to have received a commitment from Dundee City Council that it will ensure Thomson Street will be fully resurfaced following the road being dug up for works by Scottish Water and Scotland Gas Networks.
I approached the City Council on behalf of residents to get assurances that the “patchwork” road surface that will be left by weeks of work would be properly reinstated and have been advised by the City Engineer as follows :
“We have agreed with Turriff Contractors that it would be best to delay the surfacing works until early next year as we have concerns that there may be some subsidence of the gas main trench infill material and this will give the material time to settle and any subsidence to become evident. Turriff Contractors are proposing to make the road safe such as to be able to reopen the road and allow it to be trafficked in advance of the delayed resurfacing works.
Dundee City Council are then to carry out the resurfacing of this road, in conjunction with both Scottish Water and Turriff Contractors who are to provide contributions equal to the cost of any permanent reinstatements they are required to carry out. We are sorry for any further inconvenience this may cause the residents but ultimately we are seeking to protect them from further distruption that may be caused by failure of the trench reinstatements.
The final works in the new year will involve a 100mm plane out and resurface. The works will require a 10 day closure.”
Although the resurfacing will not take place until into the New Year for the reasons given, I am reassured to learn that a commitment has been given that the road will be properly reinstated as it has seen substantial digging up since the summer.