The City Council have announced that there will be a temporary closure of the Gray Street pedestrian underpass for eighteen days beginning on Monday 9 January 2012. This is to facilitate improvement work to the station platforms, including creating a new access to the down platform (for trains towards Dundee).I trust this temporary closure will not tempt any pedestrians, especially children and young people at our local schools to try to cross the level crossing at the last minute as the safety barriers are coming down.
I have written to the Head Teachers at Eastern Primary School and Grove Academy to draw attention to this temporary closure and the potential hazard this might pose for their pupils walking to and from school. They have readily agreed to draw this to the attention of their pupils.
