Some time ago, I highlighted the very poor state of the shared roadway/footway of Shaftesbury Place (see right). It has never been adopted by the City Council and is one of relatively few unadopted roadways in the city (as opposed to unadopted footways of which there are well over a hundred).
When the matter was first raised by residents, I contacted the City Engineer about the matter. There is no easy solution here because, unlike pavements, there is no "Unadopted Roads Programme" to upgrade them. I understand the former Tayside Regional Council did have such a programme but Dundee City Council has not operated an unadopted roads programme, no doubt given the very small number of unadopted roadways across Dundee.
I have had numerous discussions with residents and correspondence with the City Council over the matter and have now organised a meeting of residents, hopefully to take place later this month at Blackness Library, at which a representative from the City Engineer's Department has kindly agreed to attend to offer advice on the matter.