Dundee Decides: Results in for mainstream PB process

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With more than 11,000 voters from across the city, Dundee has decided how it wants to spend more than £1 million of the council's mainstream budget through participatory budgeting.

Mainstream PB is a way of having local people vote on budgets controlled by a public body, such as a local council. These conventional budgets are often much larger than we have seen in small grants PB, with the decision-making over the council's £1.2 million infrastructure put into the hands of Dundee residents aged 11 or over through an online vote.

John Alexander leader of Dundee City Council who helped launch the consultation back in January said: “I am absolutely blown away by the level of engagement and informed participation there has been with what was a brand new scheme.

“In other parts of Scotland councils used a separate pot of cash for their participatory budgeting arrangements but we are the only place in the country to take a slice of our mainstream budget and hand it over to communities to decide how and where it should be spent.”

Each of the council’s eight electoral wards has been allocated up to £150,000 to spend on infrastructure improvements. See the winners below and read more here.

Ward One – Strathmartine

  • Play equipment at Downfield pavilion – 911 votes, £30,000
  • Refurbish Clatto Park toilets – 742 votes, £65,000
  • Improve Beauly Avenue pavements – 609 votes £35,000
  • Improve Haldane Crescent pavements – 403 votes, £20,000

Ward Two - Lochee

  • Street lighting for South Road and Menzieshill play parks – 986 votes, £35,000
  • Pedestrian crossing on South Road – 841 votes, £45,000
  • Charleston Community Centre improvement – 597 votes £60,000

Ward Three - West End

  • Improvements in Perth Road district shopping area – 779 votes, £30,000
  • River line walkway feasibility study – 663 votes £20,000
  • Blackness Primary School playground improvements – 606 votes £60,000
  • Safer pedestrian routes across West End Ward – 584 votes £40,000

Ward Four – Coldside

  • Pedestrian crossing on Clepington Rd – 742 votes, £40,000
  • Dudhope Park lighting – 722 votes £55,000
  • Alexander Street playpark – 606 votes £40,000

Ward Five – Maryfield

  • Improve footpaths in Baxter Park – 673 votes £40,000
  • Pavement improvements on Albert Street – 621 votes £50,000
  • Install bollards in Baffin Street and Watson Street – 483 votes £20,000
  • More dropped kerbs across Maryfield ward – 413 votes £40,000

Ward Six - North East

  • Dighty, Fithie and Whitfield burns clean up – 776 votes £20,000
  • Reduce traffic congestion around Fintry PS – 692 votes £25,000
  • Improve skating/BMX area at Whitfield Green – 627 votes £40,000
  • Outdoor exercise equipment at Fintry Park and along the Dighty – 570 votes £35,000
  • Plant new trees/shrubs at Mill O’Mains Park and Middleton Wood – 517 votes £25,000

Ward Seven - East End

  • Create a pedestrian crossing on Arbroath Road – 636 votes £45,000
  • Create a play area at St Vincent’s – 508 votes £40,000
  • Improve cycle paths at Claypotts, Dighty and Green Circular – 485 votes £55,000

Ward Eight - The Ferry

  • Reres Hill and Grassy Beach install nature trails – 1341 votes £25,000
  • Orchar Park, Dawson Park and Grassy Beach install outdoor exercise equipment – 1254 £25,000
  • Gillies Park provide lighting to paths – 883 votes £25,000
  • Improve facilities in local playparks for children with disabilities – 802 votes £50,000.
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