Travellers set up illicit camp near Dundee Ice Arena

From the Courier

An illicit Travellers’ camp has been set up in a Dundee leisure park.

Around six caravans arrived at the site, setting up in car parking spaces near the Ice Arena. Dundee City Council officers have already visited the camp, and the police and landowners have also been notified.

The latest unauthorised encampment is the sixth Traveller group to set up in Dundee in recent months.

The Riverside and Claverhouse areas have both been plagued by groups which have left a large amount of litter strewn across several sites, costing thousands of pounds to clear away.

A large group of caravans were present on Charles Bowman Avenue through most of March, before setting up on public land at Jack Martin Way.

Mess left behind on the sites included mountains of building materials and empty caravans, which cost more than £10,000 for the council to clean up. Camps were also set up off Riverside Drive, near Dundee Airport and at Technology Park.

A spokesman for Dundee City Council confirmed that action was being taken against the latest camp.

He said: “Council officers have visited the site and spoken with the Travellers. We have notified the land owners and are working with the police.”

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