http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Is anything being built just now? en Mon, 18 May 2026 23:14:29 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21717#post-379210 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 19:24:57 +0000 chdot 379210@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“</p> <p>It further said that funding and staffing resources, as well as some of the bureaucracy involved in building new infrastructure, was to blame. </p> <p>“</p> <p><a href="https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/04/concerns-raised-about-projects-designed-to-improve-walking-and-cycling-routes/" rel="nofollow">https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/04/concerns-raised-about-projects-designed-to-improve-walking-and-cycling-routes/</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21717#post-379207 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:01:16 +0000 LaidBack 379207@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>West Craigs has lots of new shared use paths to Maybury School and play parks.<br /> Still no direct link to Gateway Station and tramway.<br /> 68 bus runs on Turnhouse Road but not frequently.<br /> Then we wonder why there are so many cars!<br /> Bridge over railway must be imminent?</p> <p><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/laidbackbikes.bsky.social/post/3lma2iqngic2m" rel="nofollow">https://bsky.app/profile/laidbackbikes.bsky.social/post/3lma2iqngic2m</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21717#post-379205 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:16:43 +0000 Morningsider 379205@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks all, completely forgot about the Leith path. I still think the pace of projects in Edinburgh is slower than ever - also, the forthcoming projects seem to have been chosen for their lack of impact on drivers, rather than the needs of cyclists. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21717#post-379199 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 22:49:26 +0000 bakky 379199@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>...it's also fun (and depressing) to contrast this with the frequent video updates by Charles McGibbon about everything Glasgow is building <em>right now.</em> </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvqK9uy_udM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvqK9uy_udM</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21717#post-379198 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 22:47:02 +0000 bakky 379198@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As it happens, as part of shifting the waffle I write about consultations out of the weekly digest email and onto the website, I've been mooting the following headings to organise them under when linking:</p> <p>- Open Consultations<br /> - Recently Closed<br /> - Scheduled for Build<br /> - Under Construction</p> <p>This at the moment isn't finalised - probably wants a 'Recently Opened' list that can look forward to one new entry every three years, and also is maybe a bit consultation-centric when stuff like Meadows to Union Canal has moved on to just being a 'Project'. But all that is to say, I'll eventually have a page / section in the digest with a veritable 'here's what's currently being built' subheading somewhere in there. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21717#post-379188 Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:09:22 +0000 Frenchy 379188@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yes, somehow forgot about that despite cycling past it last week. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21717#post-379185 Sat, 05 Apr 2025 21:41:22 +0000 neddie 379185@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Foot of the Walk to nearly the Shore being built just now, no? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21717#post-379183 Sat, 05 Apr 2025 17:26:42 +0000 Frenchy 379183@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I don't think there's anything beyond minor junction improvements being done at the moment. Certainly no significant lengths of protected cycle lanes are currently being built.</p> <p>In the near future...the <a href="https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/file/36117/active-travel-improvements-programme-december-2024">December 2024</a> update of the Active Travel Programme says that:</p> <p><ul><li>The <a href="https://westedinburghlink.info/">West Edinburgh Link</a> project should begin construction in May 2025. This has been pared down from the original plans, I think now only going as far north as Gogarloch, instead of East Craigs.</p> <p></li><li>Cameron Toll-BioQuarter should begin construction in July 2025.</p> <p></li></ul><br /> It's very possible that timescales on both of those have slipped since December as well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=21717#post-379182 Sat, 05 Apr 2025 16:26:46 +0000 Morningsider 379182@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Pootling back home yesterday, past the new Canaan Lane planters, got me thinking "Is any new cycle infrastructure being built in Edinburgh just now?" Now that CCWEL and Roseburn - almost canal are finished, I can't think of anything. Is this the first time in years that nothing is being built?</p> <p>If so, it is a real low point and a an indictment of Scott Arthur and Cllr Jenkinson, who have been happy to take the credit for schemes started by the two Lesleys without doing anything themselves.</p> <p>Have I missed something? </p>