People living in the Mill o’ Mains area will have a chance next week to see the proposals for the second phase of its £45 million regeneration.
Housing association Home Scotland, which is working in partnership with the city council on the project, is to hold a public exhibition of its detailed plans to build 70 houses at two sites.
The work will also involve the demolition of 85 flats and maisonettes.
Site one will see a mix of two-bedroom single-storey cottages and three-bedroom two-storey semi-detached and terraced houses built in Gruinard Terrace and Mull Terrace.
On site two, there will be a similar mix of properties along the eastern edge of Hebrides Drive. That work will also see the re-forming of links to Colonsay Terrace and Lismore Terrace.
Home Scotland is to hold a consultation with the residents’ steering group, but is also trying to encourage as many locals as possible to come to the exhibition.
It will be held on Tuesday, August 9, between 2pm and 8pm at the pavilion in Mill o’ Mains Park. Residents will be able to comment on the proposals, either at the event or in writing to Home Scotland, by August 23.
The transformation of the area, which has been under way for a year, will see the unpopular 1970s flats and maisonettes replaced by houses with gardens and individual car parking.
Phase one involves the construction of 65 houses on three sites. The work was suspended briefly late last year after the main contractor, ROK, went bust. It was replaced by ISG.
Environmental improvements are also being carried out and, as part of phase two, between one and three children’s play areas will be created.
North-east ward councillor Brian Gordon, a long-time Mill o’Mains resident, said he hoped the people who will be affected by phase two would be “very enthusiastic” about the proposals.
“There are quite a lot of houses from phase one up now and people are waiting in anticipation of moving in. Years ago Mill o’Mains used to be a sought-after place to live and people have been crying out for new houses.”
However, he noted the Scottish Government had cut the budget for social housing.