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Canal-Meadows (STILL NOT finally!)
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Well - it took 10 years from the Scottish Government announcement of the location and design type to the opening of the Queensferry Crossing*. What do you reckon - quicker than Meadows-Canal?
I'm intrigued as to what design issues could be taking so long. If its anything less than a trebuchet that fires bikes either into Lochrin Basin or at a repurposed festival Big Top in the Meadows than I'm going to be disappointed.
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Leamington lift bridge closed again to cyclists and peds
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@gembo as I found out to my irritation on the way home in the wet. This caused me to be rained on for at least an extra minute.
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@jdanielp, yes, as with you I persevered without the waterproofs.
Lift bridge apparently closed to the wind
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“Lift bridge apparently closed to the wind”
Really??
http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19078&page=2#post-291583
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Initial designs for King's Theatre redevelopment have been published. They include an artist's impression appearing to show Tarvit St as a shared pedestrian/cyclist space.
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To start sept 2021
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To start sept 2021
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@Frenchy
The two red streaks in the lower right of the illustration are doing a lot of work.
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I can't get past the giant fish tank they've put on the roof.
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They also appear to omit the segregated path up to Tarvit Street. What’s the betting on the Meadows-Canal path being built just in time for the theatre works to start and therefore the NCN being immediately closed / diverted back again through Valleyfield Street?
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So, significant (about time too) maintenance and missed opportunity to add cycle route(?)
ThisIsEdinburgh.
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Does anyone know if there's been an update on this? Noticed the project page has died recently.
I remember reading about this in 2017 and getting all excited. Oh how naive I was back then!
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I have been told there's another consultation starting in a few weeks.
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Isn't that the 3rd consultation?
B'jesus
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The route must infringe on illegal parking or cause motorists some mild discomfort hence the need to consult it into the long grass. Meanwhile the cooncil has had a big grant that will need to go back as tap all infrastructure has been built in the last two years.
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Would that be the (ahem) initial consultation, or the formal TRO consultation?
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Neither??!
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I was too feart to ask...
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https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/meadows-to-canal-cycling-and-walking-improvements/
It is, indeed, an "(ahem), initial" consultation.
Drop ins at Akva 11am-7pm on 29th and 30th April.
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Overall the scheme looks good. I particularly like the liberal use of continuous footway.
Not so good:
- Substandard 2.5m bidirectional cycleway widths again.Appalling:
- "Footway" loading bays on Home St. and Leven St.Way to legitimise pavement parking...
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I recommend opening the FAQs. At number 1, this gem:
Q1 Why is this taking so long?
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From the FAQs: they aim to be onsite in 2020. What’s that, 7 years since the first consultation?
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“7 years since the first consultation?”
Must have been the second go at Barclay Bruntsfield when I gave going to such CEC events.
Wasn’t good for my health...
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I agree with neddie's points, in particular that it would be an absolutely apalling decision to include footway loading bays and design-in a situation where HGV's would be expected to manouver onto a pavement. I have highlighted the fact that there is a Primary School within 200m and that this would be incredibly irresponsible. I have contacted the School and Parent Council so that they are aware of the consultation and that the footway loading bays might be a concern for them.
In addition to the narrow bidirectional cycle lanes which will be a problem for cargo bikes and trailers, I also think that they are designing-in conflict at both Toucan crossings as bikes are going to have to diagonally cross the pedestrian flow. Even if you only plan for the current number of bikes/pedestrians using this route, there is going to be a problem. I'm not quite sure what the solution is but I would imagine 10 minutes on google looking at how it is done in the Netherlands would fix the problem.
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Anyone understand why there's a tiny bit of two-way proposed on Drumdryan street?
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a tiny bit of two-way proposed on Drumdryan street
Possibly so that the all-important-motorised shop owners and customers can reach the "shared" parking bays without going round the entire one-way.
It does seem like a recipe for "unexpected 3-point turns" in front of children on bikes, though...
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Ah. Yes, seems like an odd tradeoff.
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Once again, a design that assumes CEC has any interest in parking enforcement. Reality will involve a road narrowed with pavement parking and actually less space for cyclists not going on the new cycle route. I bet cyclists going down Lothian Road get 'why arent you in the cycle lane' comments
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