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Astley Ainslie meeting 31 January Eric Liddell Centre
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Posted 6 years ago #
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Posted 6 years ago # -
@nedd1e_h and I were discussing the possibility of making cycling and walking route through the Astley Ainslie from the North Gate to one on South Oswald Road (not exactly sure where).
Unfortunately I couldn't make this meeting, but there is quite a big demand for a safe route to school to Gillespie's from the Blackford area and a traffic-free route through here would be a brilliant start. Many folk say it's too dangerous for their kids to walk or cycle to school and so drive (understandably as Kilgraston is a nightmare).
Posted 6 years ago # -
@algo I think there might already be an entrance on S Oswald rd, but it's either shut or too difficult to find/navigate.
Your idea is sensible, and I agree entirely re Kilgraston. We stay closer so not an issue, but a number of my son's pals have to negotiate it daily - it's too fast, the pavement too narrow, and as a safe cycling route towards kings buildings is a joke.
Posted 6 years ago # -
There is a pedestrian entrance on South Oswald Road that's never closed. Look for Edinburgh Headway Group on Google Maps. Further east, there's a gate/door in the stone wall that friends of ours used to go through on their way to/from Gillespies. I'm not sure if it's still unlocked, though.
There's another entrance and footpath (street lit) off Egypt Mews, but I don't use it regularly enough to know if it's always open.
Posted 6 years ago # -
“I'm not sure if it's still unlocked, though.”
Shut for some time. Think ‘irresponsible dog walkers’ was the justification.
“There's another entrance and footpath (street lit) off Egypt Mews, but I don't use it regularly enough to know if it's always open.”
Haven’t been for a while either, expect it to be still open/useable.
Path surface on steep slope improved some time ago. Room to provide a better graded zigzag, but...
Posted 6 years ago # -
I have never known the Egypt Mews ("Boiler House Entrance") to be closed. It does also provide access to a house so it seems unlikely that it would be closed.
I rather like using it as a through route (particularly heading west, i.e. down the steep bit) as it is a way of dodging the section of undulating tarmac on Braid Avenue.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Cycled through there today, coincidentally. Used the exit down to Egypt Mews, someone had cleared all the leaves from the path making a very pleasant cruise down.
It would be fantastic (and somewhat surprising, tbh) if the community group manage to pull this off.
Its a big site, and you can see developers salivating about it (in the same way as happened in the site off Glenlockhart Road, opp Merchants golf course).
Posted 5 years ago # -
Astley Ainsley consultation:
https://consultationhub.edinburgh.gov.uk/sfc/astley-ainslie/
Closes today (13th Sept 2019)
It would be tragic if the rights-of-way were merely ordinary roads with no specific cycling or walking facilities...
As such, I will be submitting at least the following:
- Cycling and walking routes along the rights-of-way to be high-quality; traffic free; convenient; contiguous; intuitive to follow; free from obstructions; and safe for ages 8 to 80 to ride unaccompanied.
- Cycle and pedestrian cross-traffic to replace motor-traffic.
- Low-traffic to be designed-in, i.e. through-motor-traffic is prevented by permanent physical measures (buses allowed as through-traffic, if applicable).
- The entire site designed around walking & cycling, with motor traffic seen as guests.
- Parking to be limited to essential users only. The housing should include car-free living areas.
- A bus service to be reinstated near or through the site to connect to local amenities.
- Parkland, play parks and open space areas to be created.
- Mature trees to be preserved and protected, before, during and after development.
- A safe route to school through the site to be maintained during construction.
- Any housing on the site should consist mainly of medium-density housing, suitable for a diverse mixture of residents including families, the elderly, etc.
- Local amenities to be included (to reduce the need for travel): at minimum a convenience store and ideally a doctor’s surgery, pharmacy and space for other independent stores.Statements to the effect of the above should be written into the “Place Brief” to ensure compliance by the developers.
Posted 4 years ago # -
From link -
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The disposal presents an opportunity for NHS Lothian to knit this large site into the fabric of the surrounding area.“
OK...
Posted 4 years ago #
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