SPOKES AUTUMN PUBLIC MEETING
THURSDAY 9 NOVEMBER
CYCLING PLANS IN THE NEW COUNCILS
Time: Thursday 9 November, 7.30-9.30, doors open 6.45 for coffee, stall, chat
Place: Augustine United Church, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh
From Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian Councils, our speakers are the Councillors in charge of transport policy, and from West Lothian the Development and Transportation Manager. The sort of areas which may be covered include...
• Now that the new Councils have settled in, what are their policies and plans for cycling as a form of transport?
• Can they work together on cross-boundary cycling issues?
• Will they have the staff and other resources to take advantage of the doubling of active travel funding recently announced by the Scottish Government?
• Bringing all four Councils together, what can they learn from each other?
SPEAKERS
Edinburgh Cllr Lesley Macinnes Transport and Environment Committee Convener
East Lothian Cllr Norman Hampshire Cabinet Spokesperson for the Environment
Midlothian Cllr Russell Imrie Cabinet member, former SEStran chair
West Lothian Jim Stewart Development and Transportation Manager
After initial presentations by each speaker there will be a 1-hour panel discussion/ audience QA which will be chaired by Daisy Narayanan, Deputy Director of Sustrans Scotland.
Poster here to download and print.
http://www.spokes.org.uk/…/poster-New-Councils-v1-colour.pdf
Printed copies available on request - spokes@spokes.org.uk
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