One of the interesting things about writing a newspaper column is that people write to you.

They agree or disagree, both of which are welcome. I don’t mind opposing voices.

The important thing is that a discussion is started, that people care and have opinions about what happens in their city.

I suggested what I reckon is a constructive idea – re-routing traffic away from Dundee Waterfront via a horseshoe-shaped road that cuts out the lower part of the inner ring – and people have fired back with constructive ideas of their own.

I was given several alternative suggestions after last week’s column.

Change to Waterfront roads is not a bad idea

One, from local historian Hugh Macrae, was: “It would be relatively simple to alter the Waterfront roads so there are two lanes each way in front of the V&A, eliminating Dock Street and its three lanes.

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