Asks officers to engage with Lanark Road local residents and the Community Council to achieve cycle speed mitigation measures
I don't like the sound of that! So it's OK for car drivers to drive past on the driving seat side of parked cars at 40 mi/h (as, I noticed, the speed cameras are bagged over, and therefore very obviously not in operation (duh!), sadly giving tacit free rein to some), but not OK for people to cycle past on the other side of parking bays at 20 mi/h, and I doubt that many people would go any faster because, guess what, we would also get quite badly hurt if someone were to open a car door and step out, too, so it's very much in our own interests of self-preservation to be on the lookout and have our fingers on the brakes!
Also noticeable how all the "SLOW" markings have been scorched off the road as part of the re-laning, but oddly not repainted on the new lanes, whereas the cycle lanes have rather unnecessary "SLOW" markings sprinkled rather liberally all over the place, even in the uphill direction. And the current road surface, especially downhill, is in a truly awful state, I'd hope/assume that permanent works would see the cycle lanes completely resurfaced, and the bollards replaced by something more aesthetic like linear planters.
(Great turn-out today, though, and hopefully it will have the right effect!)
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