Councillors hit out at lack of communication as roadworks leave Dumbarton in gridlock
dailyrecord.co.ukCouncillors have hit out over a lack of communication after emergency works left Dumbarton gridlocked.Traffic was brought to a standstill on the A82 and Glasgow Road two weeks ago after two separate sets of emergency works were carried out at the same time.Contractors working on behalf of Openreach were drafted in to repair a collapsed underground chamber, with one lane closed in each side of the dual carriageway.Meanwhile Scottish Gas Network (SGN) were carrying out works in Dumbarton East.Speaking at an infrastructure, regeneration and economic development committee meeting last week, Labour councillor David McBride said he was unaware that the roadworks were taking place until receiving complaints and called for better communication.He commented: “There has been a significant amount of roadworks that will clearly cause some frustration for users but it’s the emergency roadworks that cause the biggest.“Last Thursday in Dumbarton, it was absolute gridlock and it was because on the A82, [Openreach] were doing emergency works and on Glasgow Road Scottish Gas Network were doing emergency works.“Do we review afterwards to ensure was it an emergency?
Could it have been handled any better? And a huge plea for communication because there’s nothing more frustrating for people and they get angry and they phone their local councillor.“Their local councillor hasn’t been out on the road and doesn’t know about it and people find that really strange.“So local councillors need to be made aware of this.
It has to be on Facebook to let people know about it and I think when it’s not the council’s fault, we should at least tell people it’s not the council’s fault because they are getting the blame of it.”In response, Gail Macfarlane,
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