@Morningsider: from talking to councillors in my role on the parent council at SMPS, the main "concern" is the rat running traffic that has come about as a direct result of Braid Road reopening. The junction at Braidburn Terrace is no longer safe, and drivers from Braid Road have now worked out how to zig-zag through the Quiet Route. The bottom of Midmar is backed up to the allotments most days. There's no admission, except from the Greens, that the solution is to close Braid Road again. Scott Arthur got close to that realisation in the meeting yesterday but drew back from it.
What I suspect we'll see is that they'll try and fix the issue on Midmar and the zig-zagging by reopening Braid Avenue, and putting in segregated lengths the whole way down. It's wide enough to do that, and you could even do it on Woodburn Terrace if you turned the angled parking round. I believe Councillor Munro is discussing that with other ward councillors. That'd mean most traffic goes down Braid Avenue and uses the lights, but that cuts right through the heart of the Quiet Route. We might have segregation but it'd no longer be quiet, and junctions would still be unsafe. It also doesn't address the issue at the old mini roundabout at Braidburn Terrace. They could fix this all by closing Braid Road southbound...
SMPS Parent Council will be pushing to maintain the Quiet Route and add new mitigations where appropriate, but we've never been able to take a position on Braid Road as we suspect a majority of parents want it kept open so we don't want to take a vote and have to adopt that as our official position.
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