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
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.
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:
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
Adapted from an email received on 26 March to NTBCC from the Council’s Parking Development Team covering details of approved changes to Controlled Parking Zones under TRO-19-29BIn summary
- Sunday parking enforcement in Zones 1 – 4 starts on Sunday 11 April
- Shared use bays in Zones 1 – 4 in operation
- Schedule for introduction of shared use parking in Zones 5 – 8 now fixed (staged from April to July 2021)
- Permit holders in Zones 1 to 8 have dispensation to park in Pay and Display bays within their zones, this will continue at least until all the implementation work is complete
- Council to seek permission from property owners to place parking signs on their boundary wall, railing or drainpipe, instead of installing sign poles which can clutter our footways and impede pedestrians
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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The Council have just announced (see separate post) the temporary Spaces for People measures that will be implemented along the route from Canonmills to Broughton Street. While we welcome some aspects of the current plans including the widening of the pavements at the Broughton Road junction and the improvements made to a number of junctions along the route, we intend to highlight our disappointment with the overall package of measures. The current proposals largely ignore the feedback from the Commonplace Mapping conducted last year and make few meaningful improvements to pedestrian and cyclist safety.