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Detritus-filled roadways and pathways

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  1. qwerty
    Member

    Hi,

    Long-time reader, new poster.
    I regularly commute into the city centre by bike and there are a couple of chunks of my commute which are along fairly cruddy surfaces - specifically, surfaces that were once fine but have been made much worse in the last year due to construction works/etc in the area.

    Two examples:

    The Meggetland View path going from Slateford Train Station - worsening, very uneven ped/cycling shared surfaces with lots of crap on there from the building work on the sports complex

    Travelling Westbound at Fountainpark (what's with the uneven/unpainted "cycling lane" which just stops into a kind of ramp thing, and forces a pointed merge with cars outside of Kwik Fit?!).

    Both of these surfaces are getting a lot worse over time and (judging by the construction works) there isn't going to be a decent road surface put back in place any time soon.

    I've just submitted the Edinburgh Council 'report a problem' form but is there anything else the forum folk here could recommend?

    Posted 6 years ago #
  2. Frenchy
    Member

    I've just submitted the Edinburgh Council 'report a problem' form but is there anything else the forum folk here could recommend?

    I find that doing this generally brings a result in a couple of weeks (unless it's a fairly major repair job). If nothing has happened in a month, fill it in again or write to a councillor (there'll be some especially keen and eager ones arriving soon).

    You might find a website such as fixmystreet.com helpful.

    Posted 6 years ago #

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