| I read with interest the articles regarding the travellers’ site.
From the very beginning, Dundee City councillors did not want a travellers’ site within the city boundaries.
The only reason they got away with putting it at Balmuir was the old boundary extended to Petterden at that time.
Unauthorised sites were always a problem in Dundee, but councillors then adopted an out-of-sight-of-Dundee, out-of-mind policy.
I would hasten to add that I have never experienced any problems with the travelling people at Balmuir as they keep themselves to themselves and on the few occasions I have spoken to them they have been friendly enough.
There is obviously a case for a travellers’ site within the city boundary.
Why can’t the old caravan park at Camperdown, situated in Old Liff Road, not be resurrected?
All amenities are on site: electricity, water, drainage, etc and would not cost the earth to reinstate.
It is suitably screened from the surrounding area and has close proximity to shops and schools. — Disgruntled Tealing Resident.
[A Dundee City Council spokesman said, “As the reader acknowledges, the site at Balmuir was established when the area was within Dundee’s boundary.
“The reader also acknowledges that the site is well run and has had no problems with it.
“The council has made considerable investment in the site over the past year to improve facilities and there are no plans to set up any other travellers’ sites in Dundee.”]
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