http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: DANGER on Dalmeny Estate Cycleway en Tue, 19 May 2026 20:27:48 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288669 Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:11:24 +0000 Flizzie 288669@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ouch :(<br /> I noticed they swept the path -of course before they're cutting the hawthorn hedge and not after- and that all the growth is still there at the bottom where the road joins the A90 where it narrows the path to about half it's width and covers the view ahead completely. I don't mind brambles and nettles, but not if they are growing into the cyclepath. Thanks Council. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288626 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 21:37:59 +0000 biketrain 288626@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@stiltskin. Good idea but alas someone has beaten me to it. Looks like I will have to Un borrow it tomorrow. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288623 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 18:50:24 +0000 HankChief 288623@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Now barriered off </p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/reggietricker/status/1027604523144171521?s=19" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/reggietricker/status/1027604523144171521?s=19</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288622 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:38:59 +0000 stiltskin 288622@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@biketrain<br /> <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Statue_of_Wellington%2C_mounted%2C_Glasgow_-_DSC06285.JPG/1280px-Statue_of_Wellington%2C_mounted%2C_Glasgow_-_DSC06285.JPG" rel="nofollow">https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Statue_of_Wellington%2C_mounted%2C_Glasgow_-_DSC06285.JPG/1280px-Statue_of_Wellington%2C_mounted%2C_Glasgow_-_DSC06285.JPG</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288621 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:36:38 +0000 minus six 288621@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>thanks for the update</p> <p>you know, i think its been like this for ages</p> <p>i seem to recall a large yellow plastic cover used to be there, and it ended up covered in leaf mulch debris</p> <p>maybe this morning's street sweeper just exposed it all once more </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288620 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:26:08 +0000 biketrain 288620@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just gone past the offending hole. Having Planned to drop of a cone. BT openreach van in attendance. Hole now has barriers around it. Looking for a new home for the cone. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288619 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:03:00 +0000 minus six 288619@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Morning Reggie, Thanks for letting me know about this. I have reported this under reference number 696851 and attached your comments and photos to this report. Hope that this helps. Thanks, Gayle"</p> <p>- seven hours ago </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288618 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 17:01:13 +0000 minus six 288618@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>but theyve known about it for seven hours already ? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288617 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:55:40 +0000 crowriver 288617@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A 15 second search revealed this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20089/roads_and_pavements/1070/report_a_problem_with_a_pavement_or_road" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/info/20089/roads_and_pavements/1070/report_a_problem_with_a_pavement_or_road</a></p> <p>Road and pavement emergencies<br /> If the issue is an immediate threat to safety please use our emergency contact number</p> <p>0800 23 23 23 weekdays 8am-6pm<br /> 0131 200 2000 weekdays 6pm-8am and weekends.<br /> Example emergency issues are</p> <p>carriageway defects greater than 100mm<br /> footway defects greater than 50mm<br /> footway cracks, gaps or trips greater than 25mm<br /> rocking slabs greater than 25mm<br /> cycle lane defects greater than 50mm<br /> missing ironworks, for example manholes and gully grills<br /> damaged pedestrian guardrails likely to cause injury.<br /> Share this information Share on Facebook Share on Twitter (external link) Share on Google+ Share on LinkedIn </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288616 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:53:31 +0000 crowriver 288616@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, that is an accident waiting to happen. Not sure posting on Twitter or here will get it fixed though. Call Clarence? E-mail Roads Dept? Contact a local Councillor? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288612 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:22:49 +0000 minus six 288612@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>so going by reggie's twitter photo, they hadn't been along to spray on the white arrows yet</p> <p>my photo was taken at 15:00</p> <p>five hours gap, still no cones, just spray a couple of white arrows then leave again ?</p> <p>dysfunctional, negligent, culpable </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288611 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:17:56 +0000 dougal 288611@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I saw the photo on twitter but you're right, without the bike wheel in the background you really don't get a sense of how easy it would be to disappear. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288610 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:13:15 +0000 paulmilne 288610@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Tweet was sent 6 hours ago so around 10 this morning, no cone yet? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288608 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:48:02 +0000 HankChief 288608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="https://twitter.com/reggietricker/status/1027461891008983045?s=19" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/reggietricker/status/1027461891008983045?s=19</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288607 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:37:20 +0000 minus six 288607@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>absolutely crazy that this has been left unattended</p> <p>the pic doesn't quite show the full scale of it</p> <p>your bike would be totally ruined if you went over that, and at best you'd be face first on the pavement</p> <p>i had to stop a wee kid on a bike who has tearing down the hill, he could easily have gone down that hole</p> <p>his mother was behind, but they'd have had no way of knowing what was coming up </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19041#post-288606 Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:26:58 +0000 minus six 288606@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Watch out for this, as there's no cones, just a white arrow painted on the ground</p> <p>what you cant see from this picture is there's a six foot drop down that hole, into black water, no idea how deep</p> <p>a dog or a child on a bike could easily go down it</p> <p>its just at the foot of the Dalmeny Estate hill</p> <p><img src="https://s33.postimg.cc/7smu22y4v/dalmeny.jpg"> </p>