First part of Dundee's urban beach unveiled by council leader
The ÂŁ6 million project should be finished by September
Last updated 29th Jul 2021
Nearly a year after construction started, we can now access part of Dundee's urban beach for the first time.
The ÂŁ6 million development, which will include an active travel hub, should be ready in September.
The city's council leader John Alexander unveiled a plaque at the waterfront project earlier.
"The whole waterfront development is a 30 year plan, we're just more than halfway through that plan and at the heart of it is ensuring we create new, vibrant, dynamic public realm like Waterfront Place, Slessor Gardens.
"Over the next month or so we'll be able to open areas including the cycling hub which is of course central to what we're trying to achieve in the city."
V&A Dundee Director Leonie Bell assisted the council leader in the ceremony and believes it'll help the museum draw in more visitors.
"{It's about} attracting people from afar but it's also really important that it's for people in Dundee, and close by areas," she said.
"It's so beautifully designed. It's just a wonderful new park for the city that has a beach, it's got a forest and will have a really exciting a whale in the months ahead too."
The project is part of the wider ÂŁ1 billion regeneration of the city's waterfront. But the city's council leader John Alexander wants it to not just benefit people who live near the river.
"Everything we do in the city is for everyone in the city. We can point to several investments and developments over the last few years in particular.
"We've had record investment in playparks for example, not only out in our communities but in central areas like Camperdown Park.
"Whilst people might see this {the urban beach} in isolation this is actually part of a much wider agenda to reinvigorate and reinvest our resources into communities and what people in the city really want."