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  1. Dave
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    They couldn't manage to retain a high quality pedestrian & active travel experience on the existing line even when they had a billion to play with and virtually unlimited time to plan and deliver it.

    The most likely scenario is that councillors vote to put the tram down Roseburn path with a meaningless commitment to active travel, knowing that they can later announce it was unexpectedly difficult / expensive / impossible and has to be value engineered out. That staggers the bad news in a way that is less likely to lead to focused protest.

    Posted 5 months ago #

  2. chdot
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    An option for building Edinburgh's new north-south tram route up Orchard Brae and across Dean Bridge should be dropped because it is "not feasible", a former city transport convener has said.

    Ex-Labour councillor Lesley Hinds told a public meeting the original "line 1b" plan to run trams along the former railway which is now the Roseburn cycle path was the only viable route.

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    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-north-south-tramline-public-meeting-hears-plea-to-drop-orchard-brae-route-and-go-for-roseburn-path-4656323

    Posted 5 months ago #

  3. chdot
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    The discussion was a little muted without many up to date details provided, and certainly without the high emotion which has been displayed on social media. The current Transport Convener, Cllr Scott Arthur, is out on the election trail as a candidate, and so could not be on the panel. If he had been – or if any councillors from the Transport Committee had been – then the discussion might, in our view, have been more meaningful and informative and might have produced some solutions or suggestions.

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    https://theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2024/06/tram-to-granton-the-options-discussed

    Posted 5 months ago #

  4. chdot
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    Our Spokes public meeting on the proposed Granton tramline extension was jammed, with the hall at capacity, the gallery opened, and 20 or more latecomers still having to be turned away – over 200 in total! Whilst many issues were raised, the future of the Roseburn walking/cycling path was the top issue raised in discussion, with many in the audience seemingly unconvinced that any form of path would remain if the tram uses the Roseburn route.

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    http://www.spokes.org.uk/2024/06/granton-tramline-spokesmtg-sellout/

    Posted 5 months ago #

  5. chdot
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    Last Sunday, I discovered parts of Edinburgh I am embarrassed to admit I had never visited before. I took part in my first Edinburgh Kiltwalk to raise money for girls’ education in Malawi, and the five-mile route took me from Victoria Park in Leith to Murrayfield along the Roseburn Path.

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    Parts of the route have been earmarked by the city council as the "preferred option” for the new tramline proposed between Granton and the city centre. The other route under consideration is via Orchard Brae. Don’t get me wrong, I love Edinburgh’s trams. In fact, I jumped on one after I finished the Kiltwalk on Sunday, and it is by far the best way to travel to the airport from the city centre. But surely we need a balance in our city’s transport infrastructure, with our few remaining green spaces protected.

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    https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/roseburn-path-offers-oasis-of-calm-but-not-for-much-longer-if-city-planners-get-their-way-susan-dalgety-4790908

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