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Footpaths

MORE THAN £300,000 could be spent on repairing footpaths in Dundee in the next year if councillors back the move.

A report to go to the planning and transport committee on Monday (May 12) highlights 24 stretches of path that will be repaired or replaced during 2008/2009.

Convener of the planning and transport committee, Fraser Macpherson said: "£308,000 has been identified to carry out work on those paths most in need.

"The improved condition will make it easier to get around for elderly people, and those whose mobility is impaired, and will also improve the environment in many areas across the city."

Under a partnership agreement with Dundee City Council, Tayside Contracts will carry out the works if they are approved by the committee.

The 24 locations where work is proposed have been picked from the top of a comprehensive list drawn up by the City Engineer and reviewed annually.

Prioritising of individual locations is based on a combination of condition and usage.

NOTE TO NEWS EDITORS - The full list of proposed footpaths to be repaired during 2008/2009 follows -

·        Buttars Road (south side Buttars Street to Brownhill Road)

·        Liff Road (north side Buttars Loan to Quarry Gardens)

·        Strathaird Place

·        Glamis Road (west side Dickson Avenue to Ancrum Road)

·        Blackness Road (south side Annfield Road to Peddie Street)

·        Blackness Road (Ashbank Road to Glenagnes Road)

·        Elliot Road (north side at cemetery)

·        Sycamore Place (Scott Street to Logie Avenue)

·        Hawkhill (north side Taits Lane to Blackness Avenue)

·        Balgowan Drive

·        St Fillans Road (Macalpine Road to St Fillans Place)

·        St Giles Terrace (at shops)

·        St Leonard Road (at Macalpine school)

·        Fairmuir Road (north side)

·        Albany Terrace (north side Inverlaw Place to Law Street)

·        Rankine Street (west side Lochee Road to Gardner Street)

·        Courthouse Square / Ward Road (west side Ward Road to Bell Street)

·        Arbroath Road (at Glebelands Primary School)

·        Finella Place (west of Fintry Road)

·        Arbroath Road (north side of Montgomerie Avenue to Scott Fyffe)

·        Balunie Drive (tree root damage at nos 74, 105, 114, 121, 139, 164, 204)

·        Forthill Drive (118 to 144)

·        Gray Street, Broughty Ferry (Queen Street to railway line)

·        Hamilton Street (Rosemarkie Crescent to turning head)