Dundee Civic Trust has had its concerns allayed about the narrowing of Riverside Drive.
The proposal by sustainable transport group, Sustrans, to shrink the major thoroughfare from four lanes to two between the Tesco public entrance roundabout and the Tay Rail Bridge ran into initial opposition.
The chairman of West End Community Council and the civic trust voiced unease at change, part of a £4.2 million plan.
The community council amended its position on studying the proposals in detail and the civic trust has followed suit.
The body that encourages best standards of design in architecture and town planning has said the length of the road to be made into a single carriageway runs from Barnetts Garage to a point 80 metres west of the Tesco roundabout and not, as they originally understood, to the Tesco service entrance roundabout.
As the remainder of the road west from Barnett’s Garage to its junction with Kingsway and the A90 is single carriageway, there is no reduction in capacity arising from the proposal.
The trust states in the latest edition of its newsletter that the proposal has been brought forward because this length of Riverside Drive requires serious reconstruction.
“There is also a need to improve the environment for the cyclists who use the road at present and the increasing numbers expected after the completion of the new pedestrian and cycle bridge over the railway.
“The proposal is also part of the general strategy to increase the accessibility of the riverfront to pedestrians and to encourage traffic to use the Kingsway rather than Riverside/Dock Street as a through route.”
The eight-week project to reduce each side of the section of road from two lanes to one, and introduce a shared pedestrian and cycle path, new pedestrian crossings and an avenue of trees, began this week.