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As far back as 2018 Transport Scotland had changed the rules for accessing slip roads from large car parks.
If the Kingsway West Retail Park had been built in 2018 no access would have permitted from their car parks directly onto the slip road for the Crematorium roundabout. The only exit from the Kingsway West Retail Park car parks would have been directly onto Clepington Road.
That would certainly have caused tail backs into the car parks.

I know, but the plan has never been to access the proposed car park from a slip road like at Kingsway West - it's a direct slip road off Kingsway.

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I know, but the plan has never been to access the proposed car park from a slip road like at Kingsway West - it's a direct slip road off Kingsway.

The original plan was to exit the new stadium car parks onto the slip road for the Camperdown roundabout but that was quashed by Transport Scotland.

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The original plan was to exit the new stadium car parks onto the slip road for the Camperdown roundabout but that was quashed by Transport Scotland.

I don't remember ever seeing that on a proposal. I do remember discussing the new stadium concept with someone involved in the initial planning who told me they couldn't design that type of access as the rules had changed since Kingsway West was built.

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I don't remember ever seeing that on a proposal. I do remember discussing the new stadium concept with someone involved in the initial planning who told me they couldn't design that type of access as the rules had changed since Kingsway West was built.

It was shown in the plans on display at the first Pre Application Noice meeting held in Dundee Ice Arena in September 2017.
I also saw the plans when I attended a Dee4life board of directors meeting as a non voting guest in Bob Hynd’s office in May 2018.

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It was shown in the plans on display at the first Pre Application Noice meeting held in Dundee Ice Arena in September 2017.
I also saw the plans when I attended a Dee4life board of directors meeting as a non voting guest in Bob Hynd’s office in May 2018.

I can assure you that the new rule on access from slip roads was known at that time and I doubt any responsible architect would propose such a design. Of course it could be that a completely unqualified individual just misinterpreted what they saw - is that a possibility?

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I can assure you that the new rule on access from slip roads was known at that time and I doubt any responsible architect would propose such a design. Of course it could be that a completely unqualified individual just misinterpreted what they saw - is that a possibility?

They might not have known about the new rules until after the first Pre Application Notice meeting when Transport Scotland contacted them to state that the law had been changed regarding access from large car parks directly onto slip roads for roundabouts on the trunk road network.
In my opinion this site at Campy Nou would make an ideal training facility for Dundee Football Club with a large indoor training facility similar to the Regional Performance centre at Caird Park and outdoor training pitches.
This would solve the need to rent the Dundee University playing fields for first team training which happened last Wednesday morning when the players restarted training after their short winter break and having to rent the indoor facility at Caird Park due to inclement weather.