A new £9.5m housing development could rise from the ashes of long demolished multi-storey flats in Dundee as early as this summer.

Dundee City Council is preparing to make a contribution of almost £4.63m to the joint project on Alexander Street along with Hillcrest Housing Association.

The total cost would be just over £9.5m if councillors approve a tender by Hart Builders on Monday.

The council's part of the 81-home project would be to provide 33 homes, a mixture of two, three and four-bedroom homes, as well as two-bedroom flats and wheelchair accessible houses.

Neighbourhood services convener John Alexander said: "This is a major step forward on the exciting journey to redevelop and regenerate the Hilltown.

"These will be quality new affordable homes and I am pleased that our partnership with Hillcrest is to deliver a tremendous boost for the area and its people.

"Plans for a school campus with community facilities are progressing and there were plans recently displayed to the public and both Rosebank and Our Lady's primaries.

"The area will also benefit from an NHS facility which is also planned for the Alexander Street site.

"This new housing is an crucial development for the future which will help improve the area place for people to live and businesses to grow."

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