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The new newest?! Edinburgh cycle infrastructure. Not yet opened but looks good.
Although shame about the lack of protection against pavement parking.
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https://x.com/harryjwilliamss/status/1787564714588860824
Nice, but is that really ‘hand laid’ tarmac?
Roughly here https://maps.app.goo.gl/QZZeQgVJQQUMtFUe7?g_st=ic
(Apparently) not on the ‘normal’ active travel programme.
More details here - http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=12296&page=7&replies=202#post-372639
Hopefully not hand laid. I think the pattern has been made by the burner which they use to clean the surface before applying the paint markings.
Ah
Interesting
Wait I thought that one got screwed over last year by Labour's dirty wee deal with the LD's and Tories, up for "review"(with the obvious intention to find an excuse to rip it out)?
Ratho, north of Bridge Inn.
Nice.
Similar ridging (and markings) has recently appeared on the Innocent Path, on the slope to the Duddinston Park ped crossing.
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Interesting to see the bidirectional cycleway is now finished at West Shore Rd.
SUDS planting looks good… but seems flush with the kerb to store any runoff
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https://x.com/johnrobson87/status/1841205513100673529
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His comment about use of blister tactiles is well founded.
Since the route there is a cycle path, the 4-bar corduroy paving should have been be used across the full width where it meets the footway at the pedestrian crossing. The sections where the footway and cycle path are adjacent, between the planted areas, should be delineated with the raised trapezoidal paving units.
If the cycle path was instead intended as being shared with pedestrians, with no segregation, then you would specify the 8-bar corduroy paving at the transition.
Why is a segregated cycleway needed at all on this road? It already has a modal filter and is effectively a dead-end.
Or, don't tell me they plan to rip that out as well?
Presumably there's a high enough chance that the lib Dems will get the road reopened that it was still worth building the otherwise totally superfluous cycle track
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He said: “What this investment allows us to do is more of the same. Last year there was a record amount of carriageway received treatment, so in 2024/25, a total of 460,000 square metres was treated and I would expect a similar amount to be treated in 2025/26.
“You're nearing a million square metres of carriageway being treated in two years, which isn't insignificant. It's expensive but it’s a priority, so that's why we're cracking on with that.”
He said the planned work wold [sic] not only mean an immediate improvement in the condition of Edinburgh’s roads, but also extend the life of those roads involved by around a decade, leading to fewer potholes.
It will only 'lead' to fewer potholes if the road structure itself is an improvement over previous formations, or the number and type of vehicles allowed to use a given road is reduced.
"more of the same"
'bout sums up the whole of the Transport Committee really
Resurfaced path follows the railway from Meadowplace Road along into South Gyle estate. Handy cut through to Edinburgh Park area if coming from Corstorphine over the bridge at Ladywell Road.
From CEC Facebook page:
The Torwood Path is now open!
The new pathway runs between Torwood Crescent and Meadows Place Road. It provides a safer more comfortable travel route for pedestrians and cyclists.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17au4Kqjeg/
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Corstorphine Road between Western Corner and Pinkhill currently being redone - sorely needed as the inside lanes on each side were dangerously broken up.
Would be interesting to see how much this 0.5 miles of resurfacing costs compared to the amount spent on cycle lanes, and also how long before it breaks up again.
I bet the LibDems are feeling very self important for ensuring no extensions to the A8 cycle facilities were added during the resurfacing. They must has saved at least an unmeasurable small percentage of the overall budget.
It will be nice not to be deafened by the shaking when going along there on the bus though.
Plenty of new tarmac at Silver Sands in Aberdour, they've replaced the gravel and grass NCN route between the road down and the coastal path.
We did a corking route today - balerno -Dalkeith- Cousland- Humbie- Soutra-Gilston-Heriot-Carrington-Roslin- Fairmilehead-Balerno
Quite a bit of new tarmac especially Gilston road that links A68 and A7 and also around Temple on the way to Carrington.
Granites need done for the TdeF but maybe next spring? I dropped a grey specialized Bidon near Rosewell if anyone sees it.
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