It had £36 million of taxpayers’ money spent on it, but a councillor is complaining that the public cannot spend a penny at Dundee House.
Following a complaint from a constituent about a lack of a public toilet at the city council headquarters, West End councillor Fraser Macpherson has been trying to flush out the reason.
Council chief executive David Dorward told him: ”The only toilets available are disabled, and access to these toilets is gained through a security door. Reception staff must escort any disabled member of the public to these toilets for security reasons.
”There is no general public toilet provision. However, in an emergency the reception staff will allow the use of the disabled toilet. The reception staff do allow use by the elderly and young children.
”I have asked the city development department to put up signage advising the public of the disabled toilet facility, and that these can be accessed by approaching the reception staff.”
Mr Macpherson said: ”Given that the Dundee public paid for the headquarters to be built, it would have been a whole lot better if the Dundee public had been given some consideration.
”I do think the city council can do better than this.”