Why is the public being made to suffer?

Sir, – I have to wonder why the fence at the controversial office block being built close to the V&A could not have been built totally from inside the site.

The disruption to traffic is unacceptable – just to make a contractor’s work easier, while at the same time making hundreds of people late for work.

In addition, the decision to allow the Queen Street car park in Broughty Ferry to be taken over for contractors working on the railway station for Network Rail is also ridiculous.

Where are our Broughty councillors, Community Council and Broughty traders?

The council’s duty is to the Dundee public and not to save Network Rail costs, or enhance the profits of their contractor.

It is their problem, to work out which type of machinery is suitable for the site.

What would they have done if there had been a block of flats at the site, instead of a convenient car park?

Blocking off the car park will definitely have a bad effect on shops in the Ferry, which is short of parking anyway.

Who authorised this without any consultation?

The situation with the contractor carrying out the work, Carillion, now going into liquidation may make the matter considerably worse in future.

RJ Soutar. Camperdown Street, Dundee.

Contractors have taken over part of the Queen Street car park during work to Broughty Ferry station, and a correspondent argues this is unacceptable.