http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New Tarmac en Wed, 13 May 2026 06:12:31 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-383967 Sat, 25 Apr 2026 14:22:13 +0000 gembo 383967@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We did a corking route today - balerno -Dalkeith- Cousland- Humbie- Soutra-Gilston-Heriot-Carrington-Roslin- Fairmilehead-Balerno</p> <p>Quite a bit of new tarmac especially Gilston road that links A68 and A7 and also around Temple on the way to Carrington.</p> <p>Granites need done for the TdeF but maybe next spring? I dropped a grey specialized Bidon near Rosewell if anyone sees it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-383962 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:03:47 +0000 boothym 383962@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Plenty of new tarmac at Silver Sands in Aberdour, they've replaced the gravel and grass NCN route between the road down and the coastal path. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-383957 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:52:25 +0000 acsimpson 383957@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I bet the LibDems are feeling very self important for ensuring no extensions to the A8 cycle facilities were added during the resurfacing. They must has saved at least an unmeasurable small percentage of the overall budget.</p> <p>It will be nice not to be deafened by the shaking when going along there on the bus though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-383916 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:43:18 +0000 Stickman 383916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Corstorphine Road between Western Corner and Pinkhill currently being redone - sorely needed as the inside lanes on each side were dangerously broken up. </p> <p>Would be interesting to see how much this 0.5 miles of resurfacing costs compared to the amount spent on cycle lanes, and also how long before it breaks up again. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-383799 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 10:50:33 +0000 SF 383799@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Resurfaced path follows the railway from Meadowplace Road along into South Gyle estate. Handy cut through to Edinburgh Park area if coming from Corstorphine over the bridge at Ladywell Road.</p> <p>From CEC Facebook page:</p> <p>The Torwood Path is now open!<br /> The new pathway runs between Torwood Crescent and Meadows Place Road. It provides a safer more comfortable travel route for pedestrians and cyclists.</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17au4Kqjeg/" rel="nofollow">https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17au4Kqjeg/</a></p> <p><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55187733722_9e693e6843_b.jpg">[/url] </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-379168 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:40:16 +0000 neddie 379168@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"more of the same"</p> <p>'bout sums up the whole of the Transport Committee really </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-379167 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:25:40 +0000 Arellcat 379167@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>He said the planned work wold </em>[sic]<em> not only mean an immediate improvement in the condition of Edinburgh’s roads, but also extend the life of those roads involved by around a decade, leading to fewer potholes.</em></p> <p>It will only 'lead' to fewer potholes if the road structure itself is an improvement over previous formations, or the number and type of vehicles allowed to use a given road is reduced. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-379164 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 19:36:20 +0000 chdot 379164@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>He said: “What this investment allows us to do is more of the same. Last year there was a record amount of carriageway received treatment, so in 2024/25, a total of 460,000 square metres was treated and I would expect a similar amount to be treated in 2025/26. </p> <p>“You're nearing a million square metres of carriageway being treated in two years, which isn't insignificant. It's expensive but it’s a priority, so that's why we're cracking on with that.” </p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-roads-extra-investment-in-resurfacing-will-start-to-make-a-real-difference-5053145" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-roads-extra-investment-in-resurfacing-will-start-to-make-a-real-difference-5053145</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-378449 Tue, 28 Jan 2025 21:11:44 +0000 chdot 378449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/appalling-anger-from-residents-as-tarmac-laid-over-historic-edinburgh-cobbled-street-4963545" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/appalling-anger-from-residents-as-tarmac-laid-over-historic-edinburgh-cobbled-street-4963545</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-376788 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:06:58 +0000 Dave 376788@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Presumably there's a high enough chance that the lib Dems will get the road reopened that it was still worth building the otherwise totally superfluous cycle track </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-376787 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 10:01:41 +0000 neddie 376787@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Why is a segregated cycleway needed at all on this road? It already has a modal filter and is effectively a dead-end.</p> <p>Or, don't tell me they plan to rip that out as well? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-376786 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:46:53 +0000 Arellcat 376786@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>His comment about use of blister tactiles is well founded.</p> <p>Since the route there is a cycle path, the 4-bar corduroy paving should have been be used across the full width where it meets the footway at the pedestrian crossing. The sections where the footway and cycle path are adjacent, between the planted areas, should be delineated with the raised trapezoidal paving units.</p> <p>If the cycle path was instead intended as being shared with pedestrians, with no segregation, then you would specify the 8-bar corduroy paving at the transition. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-376783 Tue, 01 Oct 2024 21:44:40 +0000 chdot 376783@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Interesting to see the bidirectional cycleway is now finished at West Shore Rd.<br /> SUDS planting looks good… but seems flush with the kerb to store any runoff</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/johnrobson87/status/1841205513100673529" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/johnrobson87/status/1841205513100673529</a></p> <p>Photos </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-374934 Sat, 11 May 2024 10:15:00 +0000 Colonies_Chris 374934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Similar ridging (and markings) has recently appeared on the Innocent Path, on the slope to the Duddinston Park ped crossing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-374931 Fri, 10 May 2024 19:46:13 +0000 gembo 374931@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ratho, north of Bridge Inn. </p> <p>Nice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-374884 Tue, 07 May 2024 11:59:23 +0000 Yodhrin 374884@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wait I thought that one got screwed over last year by Labour's dirty wee deal with the LD's and Tories, up for "review"(with the obvious intention to find an excuse to rip it out)? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-374881 Tue, 07 May 2024 11:21:34 +0000 chdot 374881@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah</p> <p>Interesting </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-374879 Tue, 07 May 2024 09:31:57 +0000 acsimpson 374879@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hopefully not hand laid. I think the pattern has been made by the burner which they use to clean the surface before applying the paint markings. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=8#post-374878 Tue, 07 May 2024 08:22:02 +0000 chdot 374878@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p><img src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GM60nJ4XMAA6HPg.jpg"></p> <p>The new newest?! Edinburgh cycle infrastructure. Not yet opened but looks good. </p> <p>Although shame about the lack of protection against pavement parking.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://x.com/harryjwilliamss/status/1787564714588860824" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/harryjwilliamss/status/1787564714588860824</a></p> <p>Nice, but is that really ‘hand laid’ tarmac?</p> <p>Roughly here <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/QZZeQgVJQQUMtFUe7?g_st=ic" rel="nofollow">https://maps.app.goo.gl/QZZeQgVJQQUMtFUe7?g_st=ic</a></p> <p>(Apparently) not on the ‘normal’ active travel programme.</p> <p>More details here - <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&amp;page=7&amp;replies=202#post-372639" rel="nofollow">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&amp;page=7&amp;replies=202#post-372639</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7#post-374563 Fri, 19 Apr 2024 18:45:33 +0000 chdot 374563@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>West Granton Road </p> <p>Carriageway resurfacing between Penywell Road and Edinburgh College, starts Mon 22 April for about 6 weeks. </p> <p>Lane closures, temporary traffic and some bus stop closures as signed on-street. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/edintravel/status/1781352094731006289?" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/edintravel/status/1781352094731006289?</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7#post-374495 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:22:07 +0000 cb 374495@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>OMG they actually resurfaced Gray's Loan. No more bunny hopping or having to cycle in uber-primary down the 30cm wide vaguely smooth bit. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7#post-374079 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:09:51 +0000 SF 374079@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice new smooth tarmac on the hardpack section of path through Gyle Park. Goes from the entrance to David Lloyd, diagonally across to the west side which leads to the A8 crossing at Dechmont Rd.<br /> Not sure if this is on Quiet Route 9 which seems to follow the southern edge of the park by the railway line. That section can be lethal with black ice in winter btw. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7#post-374042 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 17:13:22 +0000 jss 374042@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Some nice shiny new tarmac finally between Trotter’s Bridge at the Gore Glen up to Carrington ,but the stretch on the Povert Road between the A7 and the low bridge at Kirkhill leading to the glen is untouched. The potholes have now evolved into deep craters probably supporting eco systems that have preservation orders on them.<br /> Worth every penny of my £80 a week council tax to the wonderful Midlothian council </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7#post-373067 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 21:33:21 +0000 Morningsider 373067@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Glad it's not just me that finds the Braid Avenue surface there really hard going! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7#post-373063 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 20:18:24 +0000 Greenroofer 373063@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good work @cb on Myreside Road, which is getting ridiculous again. Heading north on that road is the line of deteriorating infill from an excavation that occupies the exact position in the road I'd like to be riding. I've now taken to riding in primary along there, ready to explain cheerfully but forcefully to the expected 'ahm a cyclist maself' person why I'm not in the gutter.</p> <p><blockquote>one other bugbear of mine of mine which is the horrible rippled surface southbound on Braid Av just north of the South Sub.</blockquote></p> <p>That bit is so bad it's almost humorous. I do agree that it's not safety critical, but it's bloomin' annoying, particularly if you have a passenger on the bike who can't get their weight off their sit bones to avoid being joggled uncomfortably... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7#post-373059 Fri, 26 Jan 2024 16:36:19 +0000 chdot 373059@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>Is the council being... optimistic here? There's an active travel scheme on on Greendykes Road (apparently), anyone got pics? How far can you cycle along these London Road segregated lanes? </p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/13902/roads-and-pavements-funding-injection-sees-boost-in-improvements" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/news/article/13902/roads-and-pavements-funding-injection-sees-boost-in-improvements</a> </p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/Edinburgh_CC/status/1750857433654677658" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Edinburgh_CC/status/1750857433654677658</a></p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/david_mccraw/status/1750860962402357271" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/david_mccraw/status/1750860962402357271</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7#post-373043 Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:18:16 +0000 cb 373043@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Every single time I cycle Myreside Road I think, "I should lodge a road surface complaint with the council", and by the time I get home I forget.</p> <p>...until yesterday when I logged something on...<br /> <a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/roadproblem" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/roadproblem</a></p> <p>...and now apparantly a job has been created with the maintenance team to "resolve the issue".</p> <p>(I just plonked the pin near the north end of the road and mentioned a road surface dangerous for cyclists)</p> <p>Will be interesting to see what comes of this if anything.</p> <p>You could spend all day reporting problems, but I did cover off one other bugbear of mine of mine which is the horrible rippled surface southbound on Braid Av just north of the South Sub. That was rejected as "not being a critical safety defect". </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7#post-372653 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 14:31:10 +0000 chdot 372653@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Possibly the most interesting thing in the Waterfront document is -</p> <p>“</p> <p>Project Constraints:</p> <p>• Delivery of project by Development Project Team who do not<br /> hold capital budget.</p> <p>• Council Priorities in terms of Active Travel infrastructure.</p> <p>• Significant housing development on adjacent site.</p> <p>“ </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7#post-372652 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 14:06:52 +0000 chdot 372652@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looking through link above I realise that Pennywell Road is the subject of North Edinburgh Active Travel (NEAT).</p> <p>Don’t think it’s ever been mentioned on CCE.</p> <p>I’ve been aware of NEAT since some time last year when I despaired at discovering yet another large/detailed/expensive/etc consultation/project full of good work/community involvement/identification of problems/ideas/etc</p> <p>And then???</p> <p><a href="https://neat.scot" rel="nofollow">https://neat.scot</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7#post-372650 Tue, 02 Jan 2024 12:19:23 +0000 chdot 372650@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Someone from CEC just sent me this (haven’t read yet) -</p> <p>“</p> <p>WESTERN VILLAGES ACTIVE TRAVEL ROUTE Sustrans Deliverability Workshop – 29/11/2022 </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.showcase-sustrans.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Cameron-Baillie-Granton-Waterfront-Sustrans-Presentation-29-11-22-Updated.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.showcase-sustrans.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Cameron-Baillie-Granton-Waterfront-Sustrans-Presentation-29-11-22-Updated.pdf</a> </p>