http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Lothian Rd / Earl Grey St to be resurfaced en Tue, 19 May 2026 05:27:15 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20706#post-354882 Wed, 22 Sep 2021 10:13:59 +0000 PS 354882@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>From number 5:<br /> "The Beatles were one of a host of famous acts to play Lothian Road's ABC, which is now a pub. Here a fan is pictured meeting the Walker Brothers after a concert in October 1966. Scott Walker is in the sunglasses."</p> <p>"which is now a pub". Is our local newspaper of record confusing the ABC with the Caley Picture House? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20706#post-354879 Wed, 22 Sep 2021 08:37:02 +0000 chdot 354879@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>New road markings were laid out on Lothian Road in 1957 designed to help traffic flow easier but motorists were not convinced and the police had to issue a statement through the press urging drivers to follow the arrows.</p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/retro/17-pictures-of-edinburghs-lothian-road-in-the-1950s-and-1960s-show-how-much-the-familiar-capital-street-has-changed-3391378" rel="nofollow">https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/retro/17-pictures-of-edinburghs-lothian-road-in-the-1950s-and-1960s-show-how-much-the-familiar-capital-street-has-changed-3391378</a></p> <p>(Mostly not pictures of <em>the road</em>. Pic 11 will interest some people.) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20706#post-354815 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:52:53 +0000 Morningsider 354815@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Walked down Earl Grey Street a couple of days ago. Works had started - looks like one lane at a time is being worked on, so through traffic remains and probably even hairier than usual on a bike. Might have changed since I passed though, as they were really just setting up. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20706#post-354812 Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:27:04 +0000 neddie 354812@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Does anyone know if resurfacing has started, and is Lothian Rd still traversible by bike?</p> <p>(I'm hoping it's closed to through-traffic, but open to bikes, cos that would be nice) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20706#post-354216 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:25:34 +0000 Yodhrin 354216@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't understand why they'd be prevented from at least doing any planned pavement widening and then use temporary materials for the cycle lanes - they surely already know how much they plan to widen the pavements and where, cracking out some of those cast tarmac faux-kerbs to designate the cycle paths shouldn't cost all that much, and if they're undertaking a total resurfacing then they clearly aren't intending to do the full plans any time soon so an ETRO wouldn't be conflicting with the "proper" TRO like it would on the GIV bridge infra.</p> <p>Still, gotta watch those upcoming council elections I suppose... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20706#post-354215 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:24:37 +0000 neddie 354215@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><blockquote>I think the council said this resurfacing has come too early for City Centre Transformation changes to be included</blockquote></p> <p>They keep saying this. Every time. Always "too late to include in X grand project..." And so the status quo is preserved. Ad infinitum. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20706#post-354214 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:14:32 +0000 Frenchy 354214@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I <em>think</em> the council said this resurfacing has come too early for City Centre Transformation changes to be included. That also means they aren't implementing some other changes, since the City Centre Transformation will apparently lead to it all being expensively redone anyway.</p> <p>I <em>think</em>, though, that the plan was to extend the pavements and remove a couple of traffic lanes, but I could easily be remembering wrong. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20706#post-354213 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 13:03:14 +0000 pringlis 354213@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The images in the City Transformation plan looked positive, is that not still happening? The timescales weren't particularly ambitious but I do recall them trumpeting Lothian Road as one of the big changes.</p> <p><img src="https://www.heraldscotland.com/resources/images/9467197.jpg?type=article-full"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20706#post-354207 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:10:06 +0000 neddie 354207@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Lothian Rd and Earl Grey St are to be resurfaced.</p> <p>The works comprise carriageway resurfacing, footway reconstruction, and traffic signal infrastructure "upgrades"*</p> <p>To start on the 6th Sept for 10 weeks</p> <p>*Re-phase the lights?</p> <p>Presumably they won't bother to include the new SfP widened footways, nor any cycleways and just resurface it back to a 7-lane traffic sewer.</p> <p>When it could have been a beautiful tree-lined boulevard, to rival any in Europe. With a bike lane, row of trees, a bus lane, and a general traffic lane in each direction. Le sigh. </p>