Angus councillors say new system should be localised by postcodes

The situation in Angus is likely to be clearer this morning after council leader David Fairweather has met government officials.

Councillor Derek Wann, who is Angus Council’s children and learning committee convener, said it is “certainly not fair to lump Angus in with Dundee”.

He said :“I’ m an Arbroath councillor and I just can’t see how it’s justified.

“Many of our communities are far from Dundee.

“I would be quite aggrieved if Dundee City Council has been trying to move Angus in to Tier 3.

“I feel it’s very unfair. The whole point in the tier system is to keep restrictions to council areas.

“I do appreciate it is a difficult one. I sympathise with NHS Tayside. It’s obviously not malicious and they are trying to do what they think is right.

“I also recognise some areas cause problems. School kids in Monifieth and Invergowrie will float between the two areas.

“I think the solution is for all but essential travel to stop between Angus and Dundee.”

Ben Lawrie, a councillor representing Monifieth, suggested the tier system should be localised even further by postcode.

He said: “It’s certainly a weird one.

“Culturally, Monifieth is a very Dundee-orientated place.

“A lot of people travel for work or to go to the gym or shopp ing . Broughty Ferry is a stone’s throw from Monifieth.

“They are proposing a blanket ban going across Dundee.

“I think the best way forward would be to be more targeted, perhaps structuring it along postcode areas.

“I f the Sco tt ish Government had built more capacity into the Test and Trace system then we would be able to look at more targeted lockdowns.”