The multi-million pound project to reconnect |Dundee city Centre with its waterfront is ahead of schedule. Work on realigning the on/off ramps at the Tay Road Bridge to create a crucial new road junction finished weeks before it was due.

The new junction, at the foot of the widened off ramp adjacent to the Tayside House council HQ, will allow drivers to turn right as well as left, after a gap was created in the central reservation.
Dave Doig of DD One, the city's traders group, said: "It is great to see that work is ahead of schedule with minimum disruption to date. DD One welcomes ongoing dialogue with the project team to ensure feedback and concerns from city centre businesses are taken on board. We hope that work continues on schedule, with minimum disruption, and look forward to the benefits it will bring local residents and people visiting Dundee."

Contractors Farrans are expected to have this phase of waterfront work complete by Autumn 2011. The work is part of a £6m contract funded by Dundee City Council and Scottish Enterprise to remove and replace part of the off-ramps at the Tay Road Bridge.

Further stages of the Waterfront project include the demolition of the 1960s office block Tayside House, along with the adjacent Olympia Centre, thus clearing the way for new boulevards and mixed -use development sites between the city centre and the waterfront.
 

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