http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Footpath dug up and abandoned (Westfield Ave) en Tue, 19 May 2026 03:27:32 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15341#post-201944 Wed, 14 Oct 2015 22:11:33 +0000 Fountainbridge 201944@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tidied up.</p> <p>Used to walk this way often and can't say I'm bothered about walking down the front of folks houses.</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zuRPF9"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5709/21986356098_1a618d75cb_n.jpg"></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/zuRPF9">151011091016IMG_3565</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/130059894@N04/">Paul Fountain</a>, on Flickr </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15341#post-196786 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 22:42:38 +0000 neddie 196786@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The containers/mess huts when they were there:</p> <p><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/iDjYm" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/maps/iDjYm</a></p> <p>and how the path used to be:</p> <p><a href="https://goo.gl/maps/6AVTL" rel="nofollow">https://goo.gl/maps/6AVTL</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15341#post-196782 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 22:25:51 +0000 neddie 196782@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When the new social housing was built at Westfield Ave, the contractors dug up the footpath here so they could install their container-based mess huts:</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/xJsaNw"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/695/20827458526_387ee05ea6.jpg"></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/xJsaNw">IMAG0707</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bonsai_bonus/">Ed</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>I always imagined/hoped/believed they would reinstate it. But they never did, they only left it as this sorry mess.</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/xJscEs"><img src="https://farm1.staticflickr.com/749/20827464786_6cddfb845d.jpg"></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/xJscEs">IMAG0706</a> by <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bonsai_bonus/">Ed</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>There is a parallel path, but it runs right in front of peoples' front doors. It would be much better to have this old path reinstated so that cycles and peds could scoot around the outside of the car park, avoiding conflict with householders </p>