I have unsurprisingly received a further deluge of residents' concerns about the roads and footpaths condition in many areas of the West End over the past 24 hours - Millbay Terrace, Menzieshill Road, the Logie Estate sheltered housing, Ancrum Drive, Saggar Street, Glamis Terrace, Dunmore Gardens, Dunmore Drive, Almond Place - to name just a few, but it gives a measure of the importance of getting residential streets now tackled in addition to the 'priority' (mainly bus) routes.
There was an hour and a quarter's discussion at City Council last night about the weather and winter maintenance situation and the Chief Executive of Dundee City Council gave a comprehensive overview of the past week, priorities and proposed further action. Along with some other councillors, I spoke on the matter, highlighting a number of matters :
* Along with others, I paid tribute to all who have been putting in tremendous efforts over the past week. I also made the point about voluntary effort - there's a large number of local people willing to volunteer to help, particularly assist the elderly and vulnerable - and co-ordinating to best effect is important. I highlighted the community effort of local people in Pentland at the weekend to get some of the streets cleared.
* The need for a proper debrief and discussion with councillors after the worst of the weather is over so that the many issues we have are fully discussed and lessons learned. The Chief Executive agreed to my request. One issue, in my view, is the extent of overnight gritting - but there are a significant number of other issues.
* The need to get residential streets now tackled and I also along with other councillors highlighted the situtaion in sheltered housing areas - in my case I highlighted the situation in the Logie Estate.