Parking in and around the grounds of Ninewells Hospital will be discussed by NHS officials and a cross-party group of councillors later this month.
West End and Lochee ward members will meet senior management at NHS Tayside discuss the problems of parking for out-patients, hospital visitors and staff, as well as surrounding communities forced to cope with overflow traffic in their streets.
The meeting has been organised by West End councillor Fraser Macpherson and comes after a previous summit, scheduled for September, was postponed.
It was also to have featured MPs and MSPs.
Mr Macpherson said: “I am pleased that NHS Tayside is prepared to discuss the parking concerns with local councillors.
“I had requested that local councillors for the West End and Lochee were all invited to participate in the discussion as we get the bulk of constituent complaints and concerns about parking at Ninewells.”
Because of the nature of the contract with car aprk operator, Indigo Park Services UK Ltd, Ninewells is one of the only hospital sites in Scotland to charge for use.
Although the SNP government scrapped charges elsewhere, a PFI contract signed before it came to power and not due to expire until 2028, prevents it doing so in Dundee.
Mr Macpherson said in recent months, he has received a growing volume of numbers of constituent complaints about increasing car parking charges at the Ninewells Hospital site.
Capacity in the car parks has also proved vexacious, with complaints about extensive waits at certain times — sometimes up to half an hour — to find a parking space.
Additionally, those who live in the area adjacent to the hospital are growing increasingly irate about vehicles being parked on-street, causing obstruction and difficulties for residents trying to park near their home.
Mr Macpherson said: “There is a real need for proper and positive cross-party discussions to look at ways of improving the parking situation for out-patients, NHS staff and hospital visitors.
“I was, therefore, pleased at the positive response from NHS Tayside to my call to discuss this with local councillors.
“I am realistic enough to realise that the Indigo contract and the parking charges regime is not going to be sorted in one meeting but by working together positively, ways of improving the car parking situation at Ninewells Hospital can be found.”
The meeting will take place on February 20.