Frustrated residents in Menzieshill have hit out amid claims permit holders’ parking spaces are being taken up by bins.
Residents on Earn Crescent, near Ninewells Hospital, have complained about council bins blocking up to four paid-for parking spaces on the street.
Parking on Earn Crescent is already at a premium according to locals and one resident has said that bins being placed there has made the situation worse.
Designer Grant Herron, 30, said: “My girlfriend and her father both pay for parking permits in the area but are often unable to get parked anywhere nearby.
“These bins are now taking up four of the permit holder spaces and there isn’t much space as it is.”
The residents’ parking scheme in Menzieshill costs £5.25 a year and means residents can park anywhere in the zone with their permit.
Mr Herron’s partner, Lynnette Hendrie, who lives on the street, said: “There have been problems for months.
“We contacted the council to inform them there was a severe lack of space due to inconsiderate drivers taking up space which could accommodate two vehicles.
“We simply asked when they planned to paint line spaces on Earn Crescent as they had just finished doing so at the permit holders’ spaces along Charleston Drive, just outside the hospital.
“We were told they had no plans to paint spaces on Earn Crescent as doing so would mean bigger cars would not fit into the spaces and these people would end up being fined for being over the lines.
“I find that extremely hard to believe as my father’s car, a Honda HRV, fits just fine.
“We want the lines painted so there will be an outlined space to park in and hope that this will stop inconsiderate drivers from taking up too much space.
“There is also a two-hour zone up the back which I find ridiculous since residents can’t get parked, so why should visitors be allowed a zone?
“The residents are being fined for parking in a two-hour zone because there is no other space. It’s absolutely appalling especially after being told of the issues regarding spaces.”
The bins are arranged in clusters and chained together in spaces outside blocks of flats.
Ms Hendrie said: “Immediately I was angry that the council should have the nerve to ask us to pay for a parking permit, knowing that we have a lack of spaces and then take up at least four or five spaces for bins.”
Crescent resident Linda Meecham, 62, added: “It’s an eyesore. I want to have pride in my street and this makes it look untidy.”
A Dundee City Council spokesman said: “We’re happy to discuss potential alternatives with the resident if he’d like to get in touch either at recycle@dundeecity.gov.uk or 01382 434300.”