Great news: change is coming to the Polwarth Roundabout! We are delighted to report that the City of Edinburgh Council is redesigning the Polwarth roundabout junction to improve safety, following a campaign by the Merchiston Community Council (MCC). This is great news for local residents! The Council is now undertaking design work on a new …
And now the hard part starts… Merchiston Community Council is glad to announce that its report on the Polwarth Roundabout is now complete and has been submitted to the City of Edinburgh Council. You can find the final report at this link. It now includes a report from Police Scotland, a new section on implementation, …
The City of Edinburgh Council have created an Active Travel Advent Calendar for December 2020. It contains a number of simple ideas of how we can all keep active during the Christmas season. (There is also a text only version (PDF) of the advent calendar.) The calendar contains details of several challenges you can enter …
City of Edinburgh Council has created a series of downloadable QuietRoutes maps for exploring the city on foot or on bike, including South Edinburgh QuietRoutes. In addition to the PDF format maps, there is an interactive QuietRoutes map for Edinburgh which also shows cycle parking locations.
Living Streets is announcing the launch of a new video “Cut the Pavement Clutter”. The video explains their project over the past two years aiming to raise awareness of the problems that pavement clutter cause, and what we can do about it. Please join the presentation at 11.00 am on Friday 11th December by registering here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kUrDp_AHSMOyv-Qg82uqqQ …
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In late October, volunteers for Living Streets Edinburgh carried out an audit on the Spaces for People scheme. The audit covered the corridor from Tollcross to Morningside Station and the full report is available as Audit of ‘Spaces for People’ provision: A702 Tollcross to Morningside Station (PDF). The report contains many detailed suggestions on potential improvements …
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