Communications

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Library research: photos, artwork and participants wanted!

Contributions to research into use of libraries are eagerly sought by Rachel Salzano, a researcher at Edinburgh Napier University’s Centre for Social Informatics.

Rachel welcomes two sorts of contribution:

  • Photos and artwork
    • Please take a photo or create a piece of art that represents why you use the public library.
    • If the ways you use the public library have changed since you came to the UK (if you were not born in the UK), please also take a photo or create a piece of art that represents why the ways you use the public library have changed.
    • You can submit as many photos and pieces of artwork as you like.
    • Photos and artwork are welcome from everyone!
    • Here’s Rachel’s example artwork: Prysm dragon and Percy

 

  • For her detailed research, Rachel will soon want to engage with refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
    • If you know people who might be interested in taking part, or who might be able to spread the word, please ask them to contact Rachel.
    • Rachel’s email is r.salzano@napier.ac.uk.

You can read more about Rachel’s work on her project website, her Napier web-page, her own blog and her professor’s blog.

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NTBCC minutes Monday 8 March 2021

Minutes of New Town & Broughton Community Council’s ordinary meeting, held via Zoom, on Monday 8 March 2020 at 7pm

Actions and decisions are red italic. ND (‘no dissent’) means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision.

Edinburgh Council has stated that ‘CCs can approve minutes, and take other decisions, remotely’, as so long as they ensure that ‘remote meetings are as accessible to members of the public and (as) well-advertised as possible’. Continue reading →

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Trams TROs consultation: starts 13 April

Please note this is from the Trams to Newhaven team. NTBCC will respond in due course – watch this space.

From Tuesday 13 April the project will commence the Traffic Regulation Order public consultation process (TRO). A TRO details the nature and extent of how our roads are used and managed such as road closures, restrictions on turning movements and the position of parking and loading spaces.

The purpose of the TRO process is to invite comment and objections on the parking and loading arrangements being proposed and any changes to moving traffic requirements and entry/exit from streets. Only measures presented within the traffic order may be objected to.

You will be able to view and comment on the TRO from Tuesday 13 April for a period of 28 days.

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NTBCC meeting agenda – Monday 12 April 2021

Agenda for online meeting: 6:45pm for 7.00pm start

We very much welcome members of the public joining the meeting (using the Zoom platform).

Registration will be via Eventbrite – please click link below

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-town-broughton-community-council-meeting-monday-12-april-2021-tickets-149691373929

Log-in details/Zoom link will then be emailed to all those who have registered.

Anyone who wants to raise an issue for discussion can do so either by submitting a Contact Us form or send a message via Twitter @NTBCC.

  1. Technology check / Admin/ Welcome
 (6:45 to 7:00 pm)
  1. Minutes of 8 March meeting (via Zoom) and matters arising
    (To approve)
  1. Police Report
    (To note, Police Scotland key messages as received/circulated prior to meeting)
 (5 minutes)
  1. Date of AGM and date of next business meeting to be discussed and agreed
 (5 minutes)
  1. Transport
    1. Review of Special NTBCC Meeting  – Broughton Street and Spaces for People
    2. NTBCC Response to Consultation on Retaining Spaces for People Measures
    3. East London Street – Buses Issues
    4. Trams Update – Road Closures and Diversions
 (20 minutes)
  1. Environment
 (15 minutes)
  1. Planning
 (10 minutes)
  1. Licensing
 (5 minutes)
  1. Complaint procedure
 (5 minutes)
  1. Engagement and Communications 
 (5 minutes)
  1. Treasurer report
 (10 minutes)
  1. Any other business
 (10 minutes)

During the meetings, names and email addresses may be recorded. Email addresses are held and used for circulating information about NTBCC but may also be used to seek residents’ views on local issues.

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NTBCC response to ‘retaining Spaces for People measures’ consultation

Executive Summary

As noted below, the New Town and Broughton Community Council (NTBCC) considers the consultation to be deeply flawed. The inclusion of questions about measures not yet implemented is highly questionable. Until there has been an opportunity to evaluate the success or otherwise of any particular measures, it is impossible to make any valid judgment on whether they should be retained or removed. Many of the questions group cycling and walking together but the needs of these two groups are quite different making it impossible to properly judge the merits of specific measures for each of these groups. The survey is designed to encourage simple yes/no answers to questions about whether measures should be retained and does too little to obtain any insight into the consequences both favourable and otherwise from the implementation of the measures. The Commonplace Mapping tool would have been a far more effective means of obtaining genuine and considered feedback on the various measures that have been introduced. This lack of qualitative feedback will hamper any decision making by Council officials and Councillors. Edinburgh Council and its citizens deserve better than this hastily prepared and poorly designed survey.

With regard to the specific schemes already implemented in our area:

  • We are in favour of continuing with the changes to The Mound and Princes Street East with some provisos.
  • We are opposed to the measures on Waverley Bridge and London Road being retained and indeed believe that they should removed before the end of the current TTRO’s.
  • We do not agree that any of the measures yet to be introduced in our area including those to Broughton Street, Broughton Roundabout, Bellevue, Rodney Street or Canonmills should be considered for retention until there has been an opportunity to better assess their effectiveness.
  • We are also very concerned about the impact on traffic in our area of the planned changes to South Bridge and would urge that implementation is delayed until the consequences of the planned restrictions to vehicular traffic can be better understood. 

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Community Councils Together on Trams/Trams Team meeting, 25 February 2021

Minutes of the Community Councils Together on Trams/Trams Team meeting
(Construction Phase) via Google Meet on Thursday 25 February 2021 at 5:30pm Continue reading →