Author: Bruce Ryan

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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 →

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Broughton Street and Spaces for People: Special Meeting, 29 March 2021, 7pm on Zoom 

Broughton Street and Spaces for People
New Town & Broughton Community Council (NTBCC) 
Special Meeting, 29 March 2021, 7pm on Zoom 

The Spaces for People team has recently published plans for the Broughton Street to Canonmills route. Edinburgh Council is also consulting on whether the temporary measures including the ones for our area should be retained. NTBCC would like to hear your views, and invites you to a Zoom Meeting on Monday March 29 at 7pm – register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-town-broughton-cc-meeting-via-zoom-monday-29-march-2021-tickets-147117898595

 

 

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NTBCC: Broughton St – a community hub, Spaces for People proposals

NTBCC has published the following leaflet on Broughton St. It connects with these previous posts:

Click either image below to see the full PDF. The text of the PDF is reproduced below.

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