Petition launched to rebuild iconic Royal Arch on Dundee's waterfront

The Royal Arch as construction began on the Tay Road Bridge, 1963 (DC Thomson)

A PETITION has been launched to urge Dundee councillors to bring back the city’s Royal Arch.

The iconic monument, erected in 1853 to commemorate the Royal visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1844, was demolished in 1964 to make way for slip roads onto the Tay Bridge.

Dundee Culture plans to appeal to the city council for the return of the waterfront structure, backed by locals signing their new petition.

A previous campaign by Lost Dundee to have the Royal Arch rebuilt in 2015 amassed more than 2,000 signatures.

Dundee Culture launch new campaign for the Royal Arch to be re…

We have started a new campaign for Dundee's Royal Arch to be re-built! If you want to see it back, sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/dundee-city-council-re-build-dundee-s-royal-arch

Posted by Dundee Culture on Tuesday, 7 November 2017

Andrew Batchelor, founder and director of Dundee Culture, told our sister title the Evening Telegraph: “Things have changed since 2015 when we last campaigned for the arch to return.

“The People’s Tower event last year at Slessor Gardens proved the arch is popular to this day.

Members of the public helping to build a replica of the Royal Arch, made out of cardboard boxes, as part of an art project in 2016 (Andrew Cawley / DC Thomson)

“Now we have also got the NEoN Digital Arts Festival creating a new digital version of the Royal Arch, which I got to have a sneak peek at and I’m hoping will be popular as well.”

The petition can be found online at change.org/p/dundee-city-council-re-build-dundee-s-royal-arch.