http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Another path upgraded beside Water of Leith en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:21:09 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-295913 Fri, 16 Nov 2018 14:11:33 +0000 neddie 295913@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Re-alignment of the Water of Leith Walkway at West Bowling Green Street:</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/2736/po1803_water_of_leith_walkway_re-alignment_at_west_bowling_green_street" rel="nofollow">http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/download/2736/po1803_water_of_leith_walkway_re-alignment_at_west_bowling_green_street</a></p> <p><em>Proposed Order to re-align walkway/cycle track to allow re-development on West Bowling Green Street, Edinburgh</p> <p></em> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-150080 Wed, 23 Apr 2014 23:47:52 +0000 chdot 150080@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> South West Team (@southwest_team)<br /> 23/04/2014 11:40<br /> Thanks @CyclingEdin, just waiting to hear back from the appropriate team. keep you posted. ^SM<br /> @AndrewDBurns @adamrmcvey @SpokesLothian</p> <p>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-149889 Tue, 22 Apr 2014 20:22:58 +0000 chdot 149889@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This was the Fords Road path today. </p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/13971500775/"><img src="https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7452/13971500775_5e20950a4c.jpg"></a></p> <p>Can't believe it's 'finished' <em>or</em> waiting for tarmac. </p> <p>Asked on Twitter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-148086 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:19:56 +0000 chdot 148086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"There is now a single bollard at the top of the shallower (riverside) slope down from the junction with the Victoria Path."</p> <p>Yes, and neatly implemented drainage. </p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/13602312884/"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3669/13602312884_cac2a9668d.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-148084 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:11:57 +0000 kaputnik 148084@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>That would be good (too) but think this is the meander upstream round the grassy bit. </p> <p></em><br /> Yes, the meander betwixt Ford's Road and the Gorgie Road crossing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-148082 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:08:14 +0000 gembo 148082@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah yeah, I always just use the road to the bathroom warehouse as is dead end for cars. Used to get huge puddles tho. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-148081 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:06:04 +0000 chdot 148081@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"The path in saughton park?"</p> <p>That would be good (too) but think this is the meander upstream round the grassy bit. </p> <p>I would be disappointed if this isn't tarmaced - a previous stone &amp; dust version ended up on the grass and made it impossible to (safely) play football because of the 2000 flood. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-148077 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:58:40 +0000 gembo 148077@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The path in saughton park? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-148073 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:48:33 +0000 kaputnik 148073@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There was a mini steamroller parked up on Fords road where they've been widening / relaying the path. Not sure if they will tarmac it or just replace/repair the existing aggregate and dust path. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-148036 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 07:02:34 +0000 wingpig 148036@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There is now a single bollard at the top of the shallower (riverside) slope down from the junction with the Victoria Path. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144960 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 23:01:33 +0000 wingpig 144960@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice, but pity they'be not done the path between Craigroyston Shoutball Club car park and the WoL, too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144958 Sun, 09 Mar 2014 22:48:06 +0000 chdot 144958@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Today -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/13044349054/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7407/13044349054_1d1ebcf554.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/13044147303/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7423/13044147303_9c79a990c8.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/13044158433/"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2218/13044158433_a5345fb763.jpg"></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/13044075195/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7335/13044075195_4f3a5ca9b8.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144621 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 19:18:17 +0000 chdot 144621@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah yes -</p> <p><a href="https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&amp;keyVal=M4KZ4AEW0GY00" rel="nofollow">https://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&amp;keyVal=M4KZ4AEW0GY00</a></p> <p>Can't some docs to open, but this has a path right round the edge -</p> <p><a href="http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/files/14197E965500C24164A3514DE8623CAF/pdf/12_01840_FUL-19__LANDSCAPING_STREET_LEVEL_PLAN-1477496.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/files/14197E965500C24164A3514DE8623CAF/pdf/12_01840_FUL-19__LANDSCAPING_STREET_LEVEL_PLAN-1477496.pdf</a></p> <p>There's also this -</p> <p>"</p> <p>Dear Kenneth, </p> <p>Thank you for your call today. Just to re-iterate the comments we have with regard to the West Bowling Green Street development: </p> <p>We would like to see further details of the proposed extension to the Water of Leith Walkway including; surface treatments, lighting, the bollards, railings, and landscaping associated with the river. </p> <p>Also the Walkway only section to the north of the site is unclear on the plans. Will it be ramped, stepped, what is the surface treatments, how high is it above the river etc. Water of Leith Walkway signage would also be needed to ensure continuity. </p> <p>I am a little concerned that we were not consulted with these revised plans, and I have only found them by chance. </p> <p>Could you ensure we are kept in the loop on this development. </p> <p>Kind regards </p> <p>Helen Brown Trust Manager </p> <p>Water of Leith Conservation Trust </p> <p>Water of Leith Visitor Centre </p> <p>"</p> <p><a href="http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/files/FF52C63D313D02993164C9D2BD4990F8/pdf/12_01840_FUL-WATER_OF_LEITH_CONSERVATION_TRUST_COMMENT-1410060.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/idoxpa-web/files/FF52C63D313D02993164C9D2BD4990F8/pdf/12_01840_FUL-WATER_OF_LEITH_CONSERVATION_TRUST_COMMENT-1410060.pdf</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144614 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:19:50 +0000 wingpig 144614@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The one at the top from two years ago was. Don't know the app number of the St Mark's bit plan. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144612 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:03:00 +0000 wangi 144612@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Is that 12/01840/FUL, which would seem to have a path from the Anderson Pl bridge round to the W Bowling Green St bridge? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144587 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:05:01 +0000 chdot 144587@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/12968480664/"><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2813/12968480664_07b39c0a61.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/12968480664/">Potential for important new section of WoL Walkway</a> </p> <p>Anderson Pl/WBGS site has been cleared. </p> <p><em>Presume</em> it will be a planning condition to put in 3 (or more) metre path(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144585 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:51:49 +0000 chdot 144585@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks like tarmac to me!</p> <p>Maybe they'll move on to Ford's Road -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/12831551275/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7304/12831551275_905a4030da.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144584 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 14:43:23 +0000 Dave 144584@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hang on, that last photo makes it look like they are replacing all the mud with a solid surface. Can it be true? Will it be rolled out on the actual path?</p> <p>Car in the garage tomorrow for brake work and to fix a slow flat. Seems worth it.</p> <p>Due to mud in the house and excessive bike cleaning demands, better half and I have an agreement that WoL path is off-limits. We haven't ridden to do the shopping in I-don't-know-how-long. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144540 Thu, 06 Mar 2014 10:32:47 +0000 wingpig 144540@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Further surfacing:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/12965690553/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7380/12965690553_96e2bc0dcf_n.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/12965690553/">IMAG1189</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wingpig/">wingpig</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>Both slopes up to main WoL path being done too. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144151 Mon, 03 Mar 2014 10:40:27 +0000 chdot 144151@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@ w</p> <p>Similar to your picture above, this shows the much needed drainage and (I presume) indicates further surfacing to be done -</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/12895933894/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7385/12895933894_89c2ea8ba0.jpg"></a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144038 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 21:50:26 +0000 chdot 144038@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I was there today too!</p> <p>Well past the 'path closed' dates - assume only weekdays when something is happening(?)</p> <p>Seems much more open/light - taken quite a bit of vegetation away. </p> <p>Think there is still a fair bit of path surfacing to do. </p> <p>It's 'parks' rather than 'transport'. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-144035 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 21:26:10 +0000 wingpig 144035@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Meanwhile, on the bit between the WoL/Victoria junction and St. Mark's path:</p> <p>The temporary path closure advertised on wee bits of paper on sticks appears to be over:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/12858324785/"><img src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/sk/3716/12858324785_40b5d4149b_n.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/12858324785/">IMAG1187</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wingpig/">wingpig</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>The temporary barriers which had been dumped on the allotment-waste-heap-space have also been cleared away.<br /> The most obvious change to the path is a bit of improved fencing on the other side of the underpass and the creation of some drainage on the bit near the old chimbley:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/12858233463/"><img src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7360/12858233463_48ac5eb92e_n.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/12858233463/">IMAG1185</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wingpig/">wingpig</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>Buuuuut, the path has also been scraped a bit cleaner and some gravel dumped into the bigger holes, so it's maybe going to have something else done to it. There's also a noticeable scraping-clean of the steeper of the two paths leading up to the Victoria/WoL junction:<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/12858169025/"><img src="https://v4s1.yimg.com/sj/2810/12858169025_0072249779_n.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/12858169025/">IMAG1186</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wingpig/">wingpig</a>, on Flickr<br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/12858116795/"><img src="https://v4s2.yimg.com/so/7416/12858116795_f782a66a61_n.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wingpig/12858116795/">IMAG1184</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/wingpig/">wingpig</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>There's also still a dumper truck, a skip and half a tonne of gravel in a dumpy bag beside Connaught Place, so there's maybe something else happening, though presumably nothing as useful as the tarmac applied to the W. Bowling Green St. link two years ago. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-42423 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:56:53 +0000 Stepdoh 42423@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This is part of my daily nursery run and was always a bit of an annoyance considering the rest of the way is smooth as. So small improvement makes a big difference.</p> <p>Although Rose will miss tearing through the inevitable muddy puddle at the bottom, I'll not miss the feeling I'd be sliding sideways into the watter at any moment. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-42379 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:54:18 +0000 LivM 42379@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Congratulations to that man! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-42332 Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:01:39 +0000 greenerleith 42332@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hi, </p> <p>Yep, the back story to this small, but important improvement can be found here: </p> <p><a href="http://www.greenerleith.org/greener-leith-news/2011/9/15/council-employee-of-the-century.html">http://www.greenerleith.org/greener-leith-news/2011/9/15/council-employee-of-the-century.html</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=4064#post-42272 Sun, 02 Oct 2011 16:48:19 +0000 LivM 42272@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Not sure if it's been reported on here, but we were out for a walk today and spotted that the short stretch of path between West Bowling Green Street and the Warriston Path (path right beside the Water of Leith) has been resurfaced over the last week and is now beautifully wide and tarmaced. No street lights though. </p> <p>I think it's going to be part of my route to work from now on. </p>