Sewage on Cedar Road: Residents Need Effective Action

David Hewick, Planning Secretary of Broughty Ferry Community Council has been complaining for months about the nasty sewage residues in Cedar Road near its junction with Forthill Road.  


After heavy rainfall there is usually flooding on the road which is inconvenient. When the water levels subside however it becomes obvious that it's not just surface water that has been gathering in a pool but water coming up out of the drains together with residues of human sewage.

I think that Scottish Water need to come up with a long term resolution of this issue. It's all very well sending out staff to clean up the mess, but while we are waiting for this, children are walking to school along these streets This is a public health issue. Residents in this areas deserve reassurance that the capacity of the drains will be improved to cope with regular downpours so that sewage isn't washing up on their streets week after week.

This is also an issue for the City Council.  I think this situation in Cedar Road is an indicator that our drains often do not have the capacity to cope with the outfall from our current number of households in Broughty Ferry. I think we need acknowledgement that any more new houses in the northern part of Broughty Ferry will require improvements to infrastructure like the drains.