The cost of bringing Dundee’s disabled parking spaces up to scratch will come to almost £300,000.
Councillors will be asked next week to approve the funding to comply with Scottish disabilty legislation.
The report to the council’s city development committee notes that the authority will also need to spend £59,500 per year maintaining the bays.
The work to remove, add and repaint all of the disabled parking spaces will cost an estimated £290,000 spread across the next two financial years.
The report states: “Currently there are approximately 1,000 disabled bays, and it is proposed to bring all disabled bays and requests for disabled bays up to standard and comply with the DPPP (Disabled Persons’ Parking Places) Act 2009.
“In order to comply with the Act there are approximately a total of 800 bays, which require a new compliant disabled bay sign at estimated cost £200,000.
“In addition, out of these 800 bays there are 400 bays which require to be repainted to current standards. The estimated cost for the repainting of the 400 bays £80,000.”
“Following the implementation of the DPPP Act 2009 the law requires Dundee City Council to remove disabled bays no longer in use by the applicant entitled to use the bay.
“It is estimated that there are 100 bays that require to be removed at estimated cost £10,025.”