Planned road closures and restrictions are necessary to allow for a variety of maintenance work including resurfacing and reconstruction as well as water, sewer, electricity, gas & telecom supply / renewal / maintenance works, etc.

It may be that the Dundee City Council is not responsible for these works.  However we have a duty to inform the public of any major situation which may arise - planned or otherwise - that may affect their ability to move about the city.  We have included here a listing of road closures and major lane restrictions and the contact numbers for the main utilities in case you have a query on any specific set of roadworks.

For further information about this road report call Dundee City Council Network Management on 01382 433262.  For specific information please phone any of the telephone numbers given below.

Trunk Roads are not the responsibility of the Council but are presently maintained by BEAR Scotland Ltd on behalf of the Scottish Government's Transport Scotland.  Trunk Roads in Dundee consist of:

A90 Kingsway West / Kingsway / Forfar Road (north of Kingsway)
A972 Kingsway East
A92 Greendykes Road / Broughty Ferry Road (at Carolina House) / East Dock Street / South Marketgait (to City Quay roundabout)

BEAR Scotland, Customer Care Number 0800 028 1414
British Telecom (Openreach) 0800 800 154
Scottish & Southern Energy (Scottish Hydro Electric) 0800 300 999
Scottish Water 0845 600 8808
Virgin Media (NTL/Telewest) 0870 888 3116
Scotland Gas Networks 0845 605 6677
Thus Telecom 0845 2744 455
Clarence - to report road, pavement & lighting defects 0800 232323

The position of on-going or planned roadworks, anywhere in Scotland, can be accessed on line by clicking on the following link:

Scottish Roadworks Register

Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 November
South Road at new Tesco stop/go traffic control on Saturday/Sunday/Monday for water connection and reinstatement.
Strathmartine Road (Hill Street to Main Street) closed on Sunday for Scottish Water manhole repairs.

Report For Week Commencing 1 December 2008
King Street, Broughty Ferry closed between Gray Street and Manor Place for one week; and
Castle Street, Broughty Ferry closed between Churchill Place and East Links Place for one week; and
Castle Street, Broughty Ferry closed between Mill Street and Castle Lane for 3 weeks; and
King Street/Gray Street, Broughty Fery temporary traffic lights for up to one week with further closures of King Street/Castle Street until the end of March 2009 for Scottish Water flood prevention scheme and associated gas main works.
Candle Lane closed at South Marketgait for building works for 5 weeks.
Balgillo Road (Ballinard Road to Balgillo Road East) temporary traffic lights on a rolling programme until the end of March 2009 including short duration closures of Seafield Road, Forthill Road and Ballinard Road on a rolling programme as required for Scottish Water flood prevention scheme.
A85 Riverside Avenue (Apollo Way to Swallow roundabout) off-peak verge works for 2 weeks for trial hole excavations.
Arbroath Road (at Noran Avenue and Kenilworth Avenue) temporary traffic lights for 3 weeks; and
Kemback Street (Arbroath Road to Raglan Street) closed for 9 weeks followed by a rolling programme of temporary traffic lights or traffic control in Lyon Street (near Dens Road)/Alexander Street/Constitution Street/Dudhope Crescent Road until the end of March 2009 for major SSE 132kV cable jointing programme.
A90 Forfar Road (Powrie Brae - Inveraldie) contraflow lane closures until 13 December for carriageway reconstruction.
Cleghorn Street (Benvie Road to Lochee Road) closed from Monday until Friday for Scottish Water valve replacement works.
Morgan Street (Cardean Street to Pitkerro Road) closed from Monday until Friday for Scottish Water valve replacement works.
Nelson Street (Ann Street to South George Street) closed from Tuesday for one week for carriageway resurfacing works.
Graham Street off-peak temporary traffic lights on Monday and Tuesday for Scottish Water reinstatement work.
Clepington Road (west of Johnston Avenue) stop/go traffic control (off-peak) from Tuesday for 4 days to form temporary site access).
A90 Forfar Road (Emmock Roundabout) overnight closures at Jack Martin Way from 7.30pm to 6.30am Thursday to Saturday; and
A90 Forfar Road (Emmock Roundabout) overnight closures at William Fitzgerald Way from 7.30pm to 6.30am Friday to Sunday for carriageway resurfacing.
Forthcoming Closures
None