Double yellow lines are being extended across the city in a raft of changes to parking approved by Dundee City Council.
The removal of a city centre taxi rank which served the old London Nightclub which closed in 2010 is just one of a host of changes to waiting areas, taxi ranks and disabled spaces to be rolled out.
While councillors approved 12 months of traffic regulation requests at a recent meeting, an officer told them that a backlog had built up due to a shortage of skilled staff working in the traffic regulation department.
He said the department is looking to undertake a city wide review which should be under way by spring next year.
A total price tag of £25,525 was approved for changes including redrawing double yellow lines, increasing the number of disabled parking spaces and making other road markings.
Councillors on the council’s city development committee also highlighted traffic problems in their own ward, including a North East street which is being used as an ‘unofficial park and ride’.
William Fitzgerald Way is to have double yellow lines painted on its approach to the roundabout in an attempt to tackle the problem which councillor Brian Gordon says has been building for years.
“These people should not be parking and blocking people’s driveways and in the run-up to the roundabout in that area.
“As more people have complained the police have started putting cones up to stop people parking at the roundabout. This has been going on for the past two or three years.
“Because of the parking charges in town people are parking up and either jumping on a bus or car sharing into town,” Mr Gordon said.
“I have witnesses who have seen people getting picked up there. Hopefully the council can keep that in mind when proposals for park and ride facilities come forward.”
Meanwhile in the City Quay restrictions are to be removed from the end of South Victoria Dock Road.
Maryfield ward councillor Craig Melville welcomed the freeing up of car parking spaces which he said allows residents to park their vehicles in their own streets.
However, he claimed the changes do not go far enough.
He said he hopes the upcoming review will look at other areas of concern, such as Stobswell which serves a number of tenement properties.
He said: “Areas like Albert Street, Springhill and Baldovan Terrace have historic yellow lines and we need to free up some of these spaces so there is enough parking.”
The council will spend £15,000 increasing disabled spaces in city car parks, as well as removing them from three car parks that have been passed to private ownership.
Traffic regulation changes such as restricted parking, loading bays and taxi ranks will cost £10,000, of which £2,500 is for signage and William Fitzgerald Way’s double yellows will cost an additional £525 including signage.