Any plans?
Like decent junction?
Protected bike lanes along G Pl??
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Canal-Meadows (STILL NOT finally!)
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Posted 3 hours ago #
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Hopes raised and then immediately extinguished although Gilmore Place would benefit from being resurfaced, but there are far worse streets in Edinburgh. Valleyfield Street (not one of the worse ones) is still closed for roadworks. There are signs saying that NCN 75 remains open, but only the pavements are accessible around the roadworks so they are creating conflict by suggesting it is cycleable.
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(Not my photo)
Posted 2 hours ago # -
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All lifted from CEC Project page.
Cycling improvements
- Segregated cycle track on Home Street
- Ban on 'through traffic' on Tarvit Street except for cycles
- Segregated cycling on Brougham Street
- Contraflow cycling allowed on Valleyfield Street and Glengyle Terrace
Walking improvements
- Pavement widening on sections of Lochrin Place and Leven Street
- Continuous pavements and pavement buildouts along the route to make it easier and safer for anyone walking or wheeling
- Relocating the pedestrian crossings at Lochrin Terrace and Home Street junction to spread crossings more evenly along the corridor.
- Pedestrianising Tarvit Street, next to the King’s Theatre
Creating a more pleasant environment where you’ll want to spend time
- Installing features like seating and bike parking along the route
- Providing better access to and from shops and schools within the area
- Improving pavements and access outside the King’s Theatre
Road resurfacing
- Brougham Street and Brougham Place - work is already underway
- Gilmore Place - later in 2025
Spaces for loading
- Designated loading spaces are important for local businesses and we have tried to keep any changes to a minimum
- Where we're recommending a change to support other improvements on the route, we'll aim to create new spaces nearby
Posted 2 hours ago # -
Notable by absence on the plans, nothing seemingly to be done about the ridiculous (1.5m?) shared path between Valleyfield St and Mason's Pillars (blue below):
A wider path could be had here with a bit of imagination. Crude / flawed attempt:
Move 1 lamppost, shorten RHS fence, one small tree removed. Even keep existing path? Within Meadows/Bruntsfield conservation area... potentially they think cycle traffic through here will be greatly reduced with Tarvit St reopening but that thoroughly discounts any approaching from the south.
Posted 2 hours ago # -
I need to see if I asked to be emailed a copy of my responses to the consultations. I think one of them came out not long after the MMW-Argyle crossing appeared, so I think I suggested they not hamper the usability of crossings on Brougham Street with right-angled turns, curiously-placed buttons and/or forests of poles set deep into the footway to protect
them fromexpensive motor cars from them.Posted 2 hours ago # -
Interestingly plans show what looks like a northbound protected lane at the south extent of the map, but not how far up to Bruntsfield that will extend...
Posted 49 minutes ago #
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