Feb
08
Today’s meeting of transport committee was not as bad as I thought… infact it achieved some progress (limited yes, but some progress) on the issue I was raising of Duddingston village and traffic. Cross party agreement was reached to set up a member officer group to include Historic Scotland (who have responsibility for the park) and the …
Nov
26
Whilst I am on about traffic. a wee comment on this story in our local paper which as the headline “Traffic Ban Plan for Holyrood Park”. You will see here that I called the report that story refers to as “about as unhelpful and as inaccurate a report as I have seen at a Council …
Nov
26
I was out today with traffic officials at the junction of Craigentinny Avenue and Portobello Road in support of the campaign by the Parent Council of Royal High Primary School for improvements to the junction. Traffic management is one of the challenging aspects of local politics. There is never enough money to go around for …
Nov
23
Edinburgh is a city of villages, the ancient communities that hold in their very walls the story of Scotland’s Capital City. One of them, Duddingston Village is blighted with traffic jams that seriously reduce the quality of life in the village. I proposed a motion to a recent meeting of the City Council which said “Council …
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