Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Esplanade to be closed again in tourist season
BROUGHT Y Ferry Esplanade is to shut for more roadworks weeks after an £18 million active travel route was finished.
Closures will be put in place during the 14-week project from August 26.
Junction improvement is to be carried out with the esplanade closed to vehicles between Brook Street and Bridge Street at times.
It follows months of closures while a fully segregated cycle path and walkway was built.
The work will be carried out in four phases, with a diversion via Brook Street, St Vincent Street, Monifieth Road and Bridge Street.
The project will also see the carriageway resurfaced and more crossing points installed for pedestrians, though no parts of the newly-laid active travel route will be dug up.
Residents have questioned the timing.
Commenting on a post on Facebook by councillor Pete Shears, Sheila De Ciantis said: “Why is this being done in the holiday season (when) Dundee-broughty Ferry is trying to attract visitors?”
John Cobb wrote: “Not really the brightest of ideas to disrupt a thriving business holiday centre during the holiday season.”
Joan Kennedy questioned why the work had not been completed while the route was closed previously.
She said: “Why was whatever this is not done when the esplanade was closed or semi-closed for the cycle path work?”
Brook Street resident Barrie Hunter wrote: “It’s frustrating this work couldn’t have been carried out at the same time the esplanade was severely disrupted during the years the Sustrans work was ongoing, which I’m a fan of.”
A Dundee City Council spokesman said: “These works are to resurface the carriageway of the road and provide new crossing points for increased accessibility for pedestrians.
“These works have been phased last to minimise damage to the roads infrastructure.”