http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: Council - Recent Topics en Sat, 30 May 2026 09:07:53 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12256#post-143089 Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:01:53 +0000 Radgeworks 143089@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/transport/council-denies-bid-to-have-50-cycling-to-work-1-3313183">clikeelinkee</a></p> <p>Dear All</p> <p>Found this on my lunch, the usual standards apply of course. Worth a wee read though. </p> <p>R </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4136#post-43000 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:29:58 +0000 Bhachgen 43000@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Did anyone else watch this on BBC this evening. Generally didn't tell us much we didn't know. "It was TIE's fault, and the council and/or the government should have spotted it sooner", was the summary.</p> <p>Good conclusion from presenter David Miller (not THAT David Millar!) - if you want to get across Edinburgh quickly do it on your bike, and save about a billion quid in the process! He was on a nice quiet, wide street while filming that section, though, and nowhere near the Haymarket cones. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=483#post-3519 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:23:08 +0000 spytfyre 3519@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>sounds a bit like the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe</p> <p>I thought I would share with you a tale of woe</p> <p>A tale of a bad pot hole on Torphichen St a blown out back tyre and the paperwork waste of time</p> <p>So I complained on fixmystreet.com about the incident (Jan 13th - this is important remember this for later) and the council very kindly sent me a claim form which I filled in and sent back along with the receipt for approx £12 worth of parts</p> <p>The council's <em>lawyers</em> write back saying <blockquote>Your claim is being considered</blockquote></p> <p>Time passes</p> <p>A new letter arrived a few days ago and goes something like this</p> <p>[quote]blah blah blah, you can't prove you did not misuse the road... blah blah blah, the Council has a responsibility to maintain the pavements and highways and <strong>as they had carried out a survey on the 11th and were aware of it <u>but had not had time to fix it <em>the Council is not at fault</strong></u></em>...</p> <p>Right, are there any lawyers here who can explain this to me?<br /> They knew about it so that makes it OK?<br /> Can you tell me how much these two letters have cost the tax payer (ie. me) just to dodge £12? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=275#post-2117 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:55:27 +0000 chdot 2117@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Don't want to be accuse of constant Council bashing - it's a hard job etc....</p> <p>But things like this will obviously/presumably lead to 'savings' elsewhere - like maintaining/improving cycle infrastructure.</p> <p>"The newly-created junction at Seafield Road cost twice its expected price"</p> <p>"A damning council report later blamed poor planning for the delays and said officials had been "overly optimistic" with their completion dates. Marshall Poulton, the city's transport chief, later apologised for the delays, admitting his staff "got it wrong"."</p> <p><a href="http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Lost-dispute-doubles-cost-of.6030722.jp" rel="nofollow">http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Lost-dispute-doubles-cost-of.6030722.jp</a> </p>