http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: "SEStran Strategic Cross Boundary Cycle Development" (new report) en Tue, 19 May 2026 04:44:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-259542 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:35:12 +0000 crowriver 259542@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is interesting. England, from 2011, so factor in inflation and the Scottish construction contractor prices to update costs as per.</p> <p><a href="https://transportretort.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/how-much-would-cycle-paths-cost/" rel="nofollow">https://transportretort.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/how-much-would-cycle-paths-cost/</a></p> <p>£2.3 million per mile seems about right for "high quality" segregated infrastructure. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-259532 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 13:18:55 +0000 crowriver 259532@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@wangi, it's only £41M on top of existing spend. Not all of that will be capital infrastructure, so...</p> <p>I'll be looking forward to riding my electric mobility tricycle along the new route when I'm 102! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-259517 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 12:24:01 +0000 wangi 259517@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>So word I had from inside CEC was even the on-road option wasn't realistically going to happen in the near/mid term...</p> <p>It comes in at between £2.3M and £4.0M per mile...</p> <p>£80M could get you perhaps 26 miles of cycle path... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-256335 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 20:06:45 +0000 chdot 256335@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cheaper than Sheriffhall.</p> <p>(Probably better value too.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-256332 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 19:06:26 +0000 crowriver 256332@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The layout detailed in the report seems sensible to me. This is effectively formalising a route that most cyclists use anyway, at least travelling east. </p> <p>Hopefully it won't be too long before it's built... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-256324 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 16:07:37 +0000 chdot 256324@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From part 2</p> <p>"</p> <p>The feasibility study has concluded that the differences in costs and ease of delivery between the coastal route (Option 2) and the existing road corridor option (Option 1) are such that the coastal path route option will be better explored and developed as a companion, longer-term project. The existing road corridor option is more readily achievable, cheaper and better suited to meet the requirements of Active Travel users.</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-256322 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 15:55:42 +0000 Frenchy 256322@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>P38, which I assume has the map of "Option 2: Coastal Route" is blank for me. Anyone able to see it?</p> <p>Link: <a href="http://www.sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/8670_Initial-Report-only_20.07.17_Part2.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/8670_Initial-Report-only_20.07.17_Part2.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-256315 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:45:11 +0000 chdot 256315@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"</p> <p>We recommend taking forward the proposed B6145 / A199 road corridor route (Option 1) for further consultation and discussion, with recognition that discussions may result in the final preferred route incorporating some section of path realigned to take advantage of the sections of open ground that afford less challenging options for the construction of a ‘coastal’ route.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/8670_Initial-Report-only_20.07.17_Part1.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.sestran.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/8670_Initial-Report-only_20.07.17_Part1.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-256314 Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:26:18 +0000 urchaidh 256314@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>SEStran report on <a href="http://www.sestran.gov.uk/publications/active-travel-link-musselburgh-portobello/">Active Travel Link between Musselburgh and Portobello</a> published. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-239747 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 15:16:27 +0000 Schemieradge 239747@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"A1 between Tranent and<br /> Wallyford – full segregation<br /> an option due to<br /> carriageway width. Cost<br /> savings in road surface<br /> maintenance could help<br /> pay for this"</p> <p>Not sure why this mentions the A1.. surely the A199, but nice to see recognition that there's plenty of room for a segregated lane there, and it's a well used route.</p> <p>Currently there's cycle provision in the form of a painted white line which disappears whenever things get even slightly tricky for cyclists. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-239741 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 08:55:48 +0000 Frenchy 239741@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Has there been any further development?</em><br /> Not sure.</p> <p>Going from Porty to Eskbank via Gilmerton isn't too bad to cycle. Shared use along the main road out of Gilmerton, and you can take the quiet streets/cycle paths through Niddrie and Moredun to get to Gilmerton.</p> <p>Weather's another matter entirely, of course. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-239740 Sat, 24 Dec 2016 03:41:03 +0000 Rob 239740@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Has there been any further development?</p> <p>I could really do with this link for a trip to Eskbank tomorrow. I'm not a fan of that section at the best of times but with tomorrow's forecast I may be in the car instead. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-191451 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:43:48 +0000 chdot 191451@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, the very one!</p> <p><a href="https://edprom.wordpress.com/places/porty-to-the-esk" rel="nofollow">https://edprom.wordpress.com/places/porty-to-the-esk</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-191449 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:39:35 +0000 earthowned 191449@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>(That's the - mostly wide - road through Joppa)</em></p> <p>With big signs saying "No cycling on footway" after dumping cyclists off the end of Porty prom onto a fast moving road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-191446 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:32:12 +0000 chdot 191446@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/361/18958941991_e19343437e.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-191445 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 15:30:51 +0000 chdot 191445@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wonder how many politicians/officials have seen this - or agree with it. </p> <p><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/293/18769790099_b3bd31fa43.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-191443 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 14:21:45 +0000 chdot 191443@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Random</p> <p>"</p> <p>Musselburgh to Portobello –Summary </p> <p>•Key missing link in the network –high quality routes either side </p> <p>•Authority –City of Edinburgh Council </p> <p>•Current plans -None</p> <p>"</p> <p>(That's the - mostly wide - road through Joppa) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-191438 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 13:51:26 +0000 chdot 191438@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Previously</p> <p>"</p> <p>Development of a Strategic Urban Cycle Network</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.sestran.gov.uk/files/SEStran%20Cycle%20investment%20strategy.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.sestran.gov.uk/files/SEStran%20Cycle%20investment%20strategy.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15007#post-191435 Fri, 19 Jun 2015 13:35:55 +0000 chdot 191435@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>LOTS in it - still reading!</p> <p>"</p> <p>SEStran identified the need to develop a strategy for investment covering cross-boundary sections of the cycling network, with particular focus on routes suitable for commuters. Although individual local authorities have responsibility for delivering and maintaining cycling infrastructure within their jurisdiction, greater coordination between councils was thought to be required in order ensure better connectivity along routes that link population and employment centres together across local authority boundaries.</p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://www.sestran.gov.uk/uploads/SEStran_Strategic_Cross_Boundary_Cycle_Development_-_Final_report.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.sestran.gov.uk/uploads/SEStran_Strategic_Cross_Boundary_Cycle_Development_-_Final_report.pdf</a> </p>