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| Road safety improvements welcomed |
Tonight saw the last City Council committee meetings prior to the summer recess and there was a substantial amount of business on agendas.
At City Development Committee, I welcomed the proposal that the Blackness Road/Blackness Avenue/Balgay Road junction (see right) will be subject to road safety improvements over the next year. Many constituents have mentioned what a difficult junction this is - very busy and many vehicles making right turns - so the proposal to improve the junction is good news. At the same committee, I asked questions about a possible Business Improvement District for the City Centre and I also asked about roads condition in Dundee.
At Policy and Resources Committee, the Liberal Democrats supported a Labour amendment that tried to stop the City Council moving its postal arrangements away from Royal Mail. This was defeated by the SNP administration, who have moved council postal services to a private sector operator. It is ironic that the SNP regularly express concern over the future of Royal Mail, then undertakes its own little version of mail privatisation.
At the same committee, I also asked for assurances over a corporate review of council charges to ensure that low paid workers receiving Working Tax Credit receive concessionary rates as well as others on low income.