Dundee Low Emission Zone Update

The Low Emission Zone (LEZ) Scheme in Dundee is scheduled to start from the 30th May 2022, however the key point of enforcement (Fines !) for non-compliance will not not start until the 30th May 2024.

Here is the map of the Dundee L.E.Z. which give the important boundary to the zone.
Currently (March 2023) there, are very few exceptions to the proposed enforcement of the changes, the key one is blue badge holders. The other key point is unlike the ULEZ in London, where you can pay a daily charge. In Dundee and other city's in Scotland, it will be fine's if your vehicle is not compliant!
There are some key websites for information and any possible changes or updated - please see the following pages. Dundee L.E.Z.S.

Small overview map

This is the zone map for Dundee, currently I do not have any views on the signage to the zones. ( any photo's showing this would be appreciated.)
for your own copy of the map it can be downloaded from the following link Link to PDF Map
more general overview of the zone(s) in Scotland can be found at the following site.
Low Emissions Zones Scotland

item posted by Phil S @ 29-Mar-2023

CPR (C.P.R.)

The topic of C.P.R. it's often mentioned, a good source of information is from a trust worthy source, The British Heart foundation, can be found at the following web site address.
BHF
for information the groups defibrillator is registered with the B.H.F. site "the circuit"
Also of note are the two links to the B.H.F. covering how to perform C.P.R.
CPR How to do A link to videos on how to perform CPR - Please note you can also download a local copy of the videos to your device (offline access)
CPR Videos

Members of the group, take part in looking after the defibrillator and do regular status check on the unit
As part of the checkup routine, the guardian, also provides status feedback to the The Circuit 'the National Defibrillator Network' on a regular basis.

For more information please check out The Circuit

item posted by Phil S @ 14-Mar-2023

Road Safety

Speeding through the village areas
A general lack of, and missing road sign's
Edge verge clearing and litter rubish cleaning
Safety Mirrors
A number of properties have great difficulty getting safely onto the A928 from entrances and track roads due to limited visability

Requests for access to the raw traffic survey data from current collection point and from the temporary collection point used in Jan 2023

Change of speed limit map proposal March 2023

Here is another simple page which shows the propose locaton of the reduced speedlimits on an interactive map (from openstreet view).

It is my view that we would need about six sign posts, if the proposal was approved!
If you have any different views on this please make then known at the next meeting
Angus council also now has a web page where speed limit or other road changes can be requested online

Speed Sign Map - R1

item posted by Phil @ 5-Mar-2023

Waste and Council Services

Bin collection issues for residents

Dog fouling
Litter picking

Flooding issues

Local flooding in the Community
Flooding of Individual Properties

Wider issues

Broadband upgrade to fibre (R100) schemes, and other high speed internet access solutions
After checking a number of sources, it would appear that the community has now been dropped further down the Fibre roll-out planning.
- As a group we might be able to get this changed if enough residents put requests into Ofcom. The first stage is to collect information on how were are currently connected, this is due to the fact that some of us are not using landlines for broadband.
For those who are using a landline - a visit to the following site to collect the information provided would be a great starting point. The other fact is that group is split into two exchanges,(area codes), I am unsure of how this may impact any approach to Ofcom. BT Wholesale Broadband Checker If you can save a copy of the page or copy the key bit of information such as

Telephone number of Exchange xxx is served by cabinet XX - The Exchange and cabinet are the important bits...
Max Observed Downstream Speed 1.2
Max Observed Upstream Speed 0.5
Observed Date 2023-xx-xx

At the end of the report you may see the following....
FTTP is not available.
The exchange is not in a current fibre priority programme

item updated by Phil @ 14-Mar-2023

Communication

A new small scale website has been made operational and and a work-in-progress prototype web site(s) has been constructed - We are open to suggestions for improvements
A WhatsApp group is currently being used by the group , with plans to migrate some of the historical information to web site.
Email handling and distribution - we have an operational email address - info at carra (d0t)c0m
A Social Media Group twitter pages has been created
To do - put links into the to Community Council group and supporting council.
Consider the use / offer of Postal Address at the council office for use with Group

item posted by Phil @ 14-Mar-2023