📰 News this Week

🪓 Council Officers look to axe a fourth ‘Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route’ filter ahead of Sub-committee decisions

We covered last week the shock recommendations from Council officers to remove three of the six filters on the Greenbank to Meadows quiet route, on the basis that there were mistakes made in their written adverts.

Also reported on this week by the Edinburgh Inquirer (in-depth, but Substack app may be required to read), the Edinburgh Evening News and also brilliantly by the Edinburgh Reporter for whom we provided some fact-checking - this stuff is complex, legalistic and dry and it’s extremely impressive when non-transport-niche journalists are getting into covering it in depth, during an election week no less.

But the rollercoaster doesn’t stop there. An updated report late in the week — instead of more clearly proposing a route to permanence for all filters on the route as voted for by the Transport Committee on 2nd April — introduced a fourth filter for the chop at Canaan Lane, again due to a mistake with the order as written. Seasoned campaigners continue to take a sideways look at how this is all playing out…

We’ve produced an updated map of the quiet route for 2026, including this annotated version that provides a briefing [PDF - download and zoom], along with questions for the meeting of the Traffic Regulation Orders Sub-committee (‘TRO Sub’) tomorrow, Tuesday 12th - focusing in particular on two of the four filters recommended for removal by Officers that we believe could instead be within the Sub-committee’s powers to make permanent on the day.

We’ve sent this to TRO Sub-committee members, and officers. Will their recommendations be scrutinised, and these key points on the quiet route be maintained where possible? At this stage - who can tell.

Is it worth emailing members of the Sub-committee on this issue? Maybe. They’re not allowed to express their opinion or ‘pre-judge’ the decision, and cannot be lobbied by other Councillors - but in the face of such an utter mess made of a key cycling corridor for the city, we advocate for you making your voice heard all the same.

cllr.margaret.graham@edinburgh.gov.uk, denis.dixon@edinburgh.gov.uk, phil.doggart@edinburgh.gov.uk, neil.gardiner@edinburgh.gov.uk, joan.griffiths@edinburgh.gov.uk, cllr.kevin.lang@edinburgh.gov.uk, cllr.kayleigh.kinross-o'neill@edinburgh.gov.uk, cllr.ross.mckenzie@edinburgh.gov.uk, hal.osler@edinburgh.gov.uk

And if you’re able to join us in person:

📅 We’re asking everyone to join us at lunchtime on Tuesday 12th May outside the City Chambers at 12:30pm to show the strength of community support for these road safety measures. Our message being “Keep Our Kids Safe”. We know a show of community support outside the meeting venue works, so let’s get this crucial route for kids made permanent!

Not able to join us on the day? Then please write to your ward councillors, copying-in the TRO councillors, by Tuesday to ask for the entire route to be made permanent. — Blackford Safe Routes, ‘Keep our Kids Safe’ »

The Sub-committee meets at 14:00 on Tuesday. Show your support if you can.

👏 Bikes for Refugees hit 4,000 bikes refurbished for New Scots

Congratulations to Steven McCluskey and the team at Bikes for Refugees Scotland who donated their 4,000th refurbished bike this week. Incredible work and a great article in The National covering this milestone for the organisation.

🦊 Pedal on Parliament 2026 is coming!

📍 Find — or organise! — your nearest feeder ride;

👕 Purchase PoP merchandise to support the event;

☝️ Volunteer to Marshal - another ten+ folks are needed

🚲 Join Us - Pedal on Parliament is at 11:30am Saturday 30th May in Edinburgh; Middle Meadow Walk to Holyrood on closed roads, for a cycle-safe Scotland. If you can’t make it, send five others in your place - we don’t make the rules, we just pass them on!

🏰 Local Bits

☀️ Porty Community Energy shared a few lovely sunny photos on Facebook from recent cycle training and the delivery of their new Urban Arrow Family, the first of three new cargo bikes and a hand cycle that will be added to their bike library during May;

📅 ON TODAY (Monday 11th): Craigmillar Niddrie Connections Consultation Drop-in event today, 11th May 10:00 - 19:00 at 📍 Craigmillar Library, 101 Niddrie Mains Rd, EH16 4DS /via Spokes

🚲 A nice wee update from Edinburgh accessible cycling club Vie Velo:

“Six stokers, six tandems, six pilots. They ate up the roads and paths of north Edinburgh on Wednesday evening, taking in Roseburn, Cramond, Granton, Lochend and Inverleith, with time for an ice cream at the Foot o’ the Walk. The photo shows the happy riders at the Shore, on their way to passing the Pat Stanton Stand. The possibility of Hearts being champions was hardly mentioned!” — Vie Velo, update on Facebook

📰 Piece in The Scotsman: “Cycling and walking groups' alarm at 60% funding cut: 'I don't know how long we can all survive'”. One of the many aspects affected by opaque and inadequate Scottish Government funding for Active Travel, addressed in the renewed Pedal on Parliament 2026 manifesto »

📅 This Saturday in Bruntsfield:

❤️ BANZAI Bikes Spring Open Day - Saturday 16th May, 2pm - 5pm
Come and check out our fleet of free-to-borrow electric cargo bikes at 📍 our hub on Bruntsfield Links, corner Bruntsfield Tce and Bruntsfield Pl (behind the loos). You can try out our brand new Urban Arrow Family Pro, Riese & Muller Packster and Tern Longtails as well as our zippy wee Vektron folder.

Along with the bikes we’ll have tea & cake, kids’ arts activities and great community vibes. — More details »

📅 Also on Saturday:

🫶 Adaptive Riders Collective are hosting a free "Come and Try" session at 📍 the Kelpies, Helix Park, Falkirk, Saturday 16th May.

Curious about adaptive cycling? Come along and give it a go. We’ll have a range of bikes to try, experienced leaders on hand, and a welcoming, relaxed setup — whether it’s your first time or you’re looking to get back into riding.

Drop us a message at info@adaptiveriderscollective.org.uk to find out more and book your free place - check out the wee reel on Facebook »

📺 Really cool video edit from the April Edinburgh Critical Mass ride, by Lost in Livi on Youtube shot on a 360° camera;

🦶 Equal Footing Porty's big event of the year Weird Wheels Extravaganza is on Sunday 31st May, 11am - 3pm:

There will be a Critical Mass ride at the beginning, doing a loop of Porty and the Prom, where we hope to display all the different biking options (the "weird bikes") available in and around Edinburgh. — Facebook Event, more to follow!

🎙️ The final episode of ‘Gig Workers' Guide to the Scottish Election’ came out this week, wrapping a five-part series; hosted by Boyan Karabaliev and interviewing Dr Karen Gregory, both of The Workers’ Observatory, and also featuring Sam, a delivery rider based in Edinburgh - a great insight into delivery riding and some of the wider issues at play in this kind of work. Listen here »

🔧 Basic Bike Maintenance sessions at Bridgend Farmhouse, next on 29th May:

• Inclusive, small and friendly groups with Dara

• Last Friday of the month from May to Oct

• Suggested £5 donation to Bridgend Farmhouse

Places go quickly - please book a place by emailing admin@bridgendfarmhouse.org.uk

📚 Markus Stitz shared a preview of one of the routes in his new book, Gravel Rides Edinburgh, Fife & The Lothians in this Instagram reel last week; he’ll be hosting a book launch at Gamma Transport Division on 20th May - get along!

🌸 In memory of Edinburgh cycling activist Fiona Zeiner — who sadly passed away at the beginning of this year after battling cancer — her husband Karl will be cycling from Arran to Edinburgh via the Outer Hebrides to raise money for charity. Please sponsor here »

🍃 Midlothian News

Great to see some progress south of the bypass this week, from Midlothian Council:

A new small cycle hub has been installed at the heart of Penicuik to help support and encourage active travel for residents and visitors. The new facility includes a covered bike shelter, a bicycle repair station, and seating with integrated planters. It has been designed to both improve local active travel facilities and enhance the public space. This installation supports the council’s Active Travel Strategy — more details in this news article »

We have launched a new trial of secure cycle parking across four locations in Midlothian in partnership with Cyclehoop. These are called 'Bikehangars' and will allow cyclists in the area to park their bikes safely so they can enjoy stress‑free cycling. The Bikehangars can be found at Lasswade Leisure Centre, Sheriffhall Park & Ride, Jarnac Court in Dalkeith and Penicuik — more at Midlothian Council »

💼 JOBS

🧑‍🔬 Transport Planning & Engineering, the social enterprise established by Cycling Scotland are seeking a Principal Engineer to lead on design & delivery of a wide range of active travel projects in urban & rural environments. Deadline to apply: 19th May at tpande.scot/careers

From The Bike Station:

JOIN OUR TEAM 🚲

Want to work for a charity creating change through cycling, community programmes and the circular economy?

We’re recruiting for two exciting roles at The Bike Station:

✨ Development Manager (0.6FTE)
Help grow our unrestricted income, build partnerships, and develop new opportunities that support our long-term sustainability.

🌍 Community Outreach Officer – Edinburgh (0.6FTE)
Support the delivery of our Kids Bike Life programme, working with schools and community partners to help more young people get cycling.

If you’re passionate about community impact, sustainability, and making cycling accessible for all — we’d love to hear from you.

👉 Find out more + apply via our website.

📅 Pedal on Parliament is back for 2026, with a mass ride of cyclists of all ages and abilities from Middle Meadow Walk to the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, 11:30am on May 30th. Join us in calling en-masse for a cycle-safe Scotland ✊

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⛈️ National

🚆 First cycle train enters service on the Heart of Wales line - featuring a cycle carriage that can take up to twelve cycles on the route - Transport for Wales »

🎙️ New episode of the Streets Ahead podcast: ‘Children and Streets’ - “This episode of Streets Ahead examines the issue of children’s access to neighbourhood streets, and the impact of car dominance on child health”. Search Streets Ahead in your podcast app or listen here »

✊ UK supermarket CEOs warned of ‘modern slavery risk’ in wake of damning French delivery courier study at The Grocer /via Dr Karen Gregory of The Workers Observatory

🌍 Elsewhere

🚗 A new book by urbanism podcast ‘The War on Cars’ is now widely available — ‘Life after Cars’:

Through historical records, revealing interviews, and unflinching statistics, Sarah Goodyear and Doug Gordon, hosts of the podcast The War on Cars, and former host Aaron Naparstek unpack the scale of damage that cars cause, the forces that have created our current crisis and are invested in perpetuating it, and the way that the fight for better transportation is deeply linked to the fight for a more equitable and just society. — Website | UK Bookshop link

🛣 Route Closures and Issues

ℹ️ Encountered unexpected road issues? Find out how to report them with this guide from Spokes. The team at Edinburgh Travel News are also keen to hear about cycle path alerts and can be contacted on Threads or Facebook.

🦋 On Bluesky? Follow the #EdTravCyc feed - anyone can use the #EdTravCyc hashtag to share route issues they encounter;

📪 Road closure info — many thanks to regular contributor Robbie for collating and preparing these:

⚽ Hearts Victory Parade: Potential closure of Princes St, The Mound and Dalry Rd this Sunday 17th May. CCWEL not expected to be closed but may be very busy as 200,000 fans are expected.

🚧 Portobello Road: Segregated cycle lanes eastbound after Jocks Lodge, closed this week for Scottish Power repairs. Works can be passed on the carriageway but be aware of errant dismount signage, as raised by Spokes.

⛪ High Street: Closed for Kirking of the Scottish Parliament event Wednesday 13th May from 1pm between South Bridge and George IV Bridge. There will also be no access to the Pedestrian and Cycle Zone on Cockburn St.

🎾 Gyle Park: Path between Glenmuir Rd and Glasgow Rd closed from next Monday 18th May until the end of October 2026 for construction work. If you’re heading to Tesco, the path by David Lloyd gym may offer an alternate route.

🏞️ Holyrood Park: Roads Closed including cycles from 3pm Friday 22nd May for EMF event setup works. It will be required to dismount to access the offroad shared use cycle path around Holyrood Park. The High Road loop will also be closed.

🚧 Russell Road: Segregated cycleway leading to Roseburn to Union Canal path closed by SGN to investigate a gas leak. At time of writing, the footway remains open requiring dismounting or re-joining the carriageway.

Long Term Closures:

🚧 Telfer Subway: Closure of Orwell Terrace for Dalry footway improvement until 2nd June 2026, requiring a dismount to access Telfer Subway.

🏗️ Dundee St: Segregated cycle lane remains closed westbound at bridge over West Approach Rd due to overrunning building demolition work.

🛒 Cramond Road South: Section of NCR 1 by Tesco and roundabout by Davidsons Main Park obstructed by resurfacing and footway widening until end May 2026. If you’re travelling to Davidson’s Mains Park, it may be better to stay on NCR1 to avoid a dismount.

🚲 Summerhall: Segregated Cycle Lanes by Melville Dr and Melville Ter obstructed by Summerhall improvement works until late May 2026.

🌉 Harrison Road: Bridges closed due to structural concerns with micro-cracking in the original cast iron beams. The north-west bridge over a small path is closed for rebuilding until end August 2026, including the path below. The south-east bridge is closed to cars, but open to pedestrians and cyclists.

🚲 Valleyfield Street: Closed for Meadows to Union Canal Improvement works until late May 2026. A cycle diversion is in place on Glengyle Ter.

🌉 South Gyle Road: Bridge between modal filter and Quiet Route 9 closed for repairs. It is required to dismount and use a temporary bridge. Works are being followed by resurfacing and new raised tables, estimated completion June 2026.

🏗️ St Marks Path: Section of Quietroute 20 between McDonald Road and Warriston Path impacted by CEC Powderhall redevelopment works. The path is expected to remain open during the majority of the construction programme. Until a temporary path is provided, exercise caution at manned crossing gates when passing through the site.

🏖️ Silverknowes Road: Road to Silverknowes Beach closed for resurfacing works and reconfiguration of the cycle lane. Works have halted, with cycle access in the meantime currently unclear.

🚦 Bankhead Drive: Quietroute 8 along the tramline obstructed at junction with S Gyle Access until Summer 2026 for construction of West Edinburgh Link.

🏗️ Edinburgh Park Station: Quiet Route 8 cycle path between Hermiston Gait and the Gyle Centre closed for works in preparation of the Edinburgh Arena development. It’s only possible to go around by carrying your bike up roughly 20 steps or by following the shared use footway on Lochside Ave.

🏗️ Port Hamilton Cyclepath: Shared use path between Union Canal and West End closed until 2026/27 for building works. A diversion is advised via Gardeners Crescent and Semple Street.

🏗️ Craighall Road: Closed until May 2028 for the Refurbishment of Trinity Academy. Access to the Victoria Path is expected to be maintained. A diversion will be signed along Newhaven Road, however the removal of parking for improved traffic flow may lead to this being a wider and faster road, less suitable for cycles.

⚡ Ongoing: The questionable Network Rail ban on ebike parking at Waverley Station - best to make alternative parking plans if travelling from this station at present.

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🎉 Events and Happenings

📆 Upcoming / Ongoing

📅 North Edinburgh Active Travel will be providing a Dr Bike repair stall at North Edinburgh Community Festival this Saturday 16th May from 12pm - 5pm at West Pilton Park;

💬 A free talk on 21st May, 7pm with Edinburgh Festival of Cycling from Jack Thurston:

When the first Lost Lanes appeared in 2013, cycling’s public image was dominated by speed — the Tour de France, Olympic velodrome glory, and the first stirrings of the sportive boom. Into that context, Jack Thurston offered a calmer and more immersive approach to cycling.

Most cycling guidebooks tell you where to go. Lost Lanes makes you want to go there. Each route is researched and written as an experience to be savoured, drawing on the geology, landscape and the human history of the landscape through which the rider will pass. The result sits in a tradition that stretches back through Edward Thomas and Roger Deakin — writers who understood that a place reveals itself most fully to those moving through it slowly and mindfully.

Lost Lanes routes are designed to keep riders on quiet lanes and forgotten byways, away from traffic and away from the metrics — the speeds and distances, the Strava segments, the relentless quantification that dominates so much of modern cycling culture.

Jack will talk about researching and riding the routes for the new Scotland book — and the particular pleasure of travelling slowly and how the books led to the “Slow Cycling” series of feature-length travel documentaries on GCN+ that Jack presented alongside Jenny Graham, Simon Richardson, Ned Boulting, Blake Samson and Alec Briggs.

🎟️ Tickets at Edinburgh Festival of Cycling »

🔁 Weekly Events

• 🍃 Mon, 12-2.30pm: Free, fun group ride on paths from Bridgend Farmhouse;

• 🌅 Tues, ⏰ 5.40am: Edinburgh Dawn Patrol - Meet St. Andrew Square, same route each time - more info on their Instagram;

• 🚺 Tues, 5-8pm: Fix My Own Bike session for Women and Minority Genders at The Wee Spoke Hub

• 🎙️ Tues, 5pm: [National] Active Travel Cafe talks and discussion on Zoom

• 🪨 Weds, 5.40am: Edinburgh Dawn Patrol [IG] Gravel edition - starting from 📍 Cairngorm Coffee;

• ☕ Weds, 8:15 - 9:45: Coffee Outside [IG]: Wednesday morning hangouts at 📍 Lochrin Basin - bring a mug, water, a way to boil water, and coffee ☕

• 🛠️ Fortnightly (second & fourth Weds each month), 3pm: Bike Kitchen at Edinburgh Tool Library

• 🔧 Weds, 5-8pm Fix Your Own Bike Sessions at The Bike Station, Tollcross

• 👑 Weds 7pm - Queens of Pain evening group ride for women & non-binary folk - ride details & locations

• 🌅 Thurs, ⏰ 5.40am: Edinburgh Dawn Patrol (same as Tues, details above);

• ✴️ Thurs, 5-8pm: Bike DIY Session at The Wee Spoke Hub

• 🪨 Thurs Evenings: Edinburgh Gravel Cycling Club social group rides;

• 👑 Fri 6am - Queens of Pain morning group ride for women & non-binary folk - ride details & locations

• 🪛 Fri, 10am-3pm Dr Bike cycle repairs from ELREC’s Edinburgh Cycling Club at 📍 Drylaw Neighbourhood Centre - no booking required and all welcome;

• 🔧 Sat, 1-4pm Fix Your Own Bike Sessions at The Bike Station, Tollcross

• ⚙️ Sat, 2-4pm: ‘Bike Cleaning and Oiling’ drop-in session at The Wee Spoke Hub

• 🟰 Edinburgh & Lothians Regional Equality Council’s Edinburgh Cycling Club run weekly group rides and introductory classes;

🔁 Monthly Events

• 🚲 First Friday of the month: Inclusive social bike rides with A Wee Pedal from Bridgend Farmhouse - every Friday 2-4pm between April and Hallowe’en, 1-3pm on the 1st Friday of each month November to March.

• ✊ Last Saturday of the month: [MAY - CM will be joining Pedal on Parliament, 11:30am Middle Meadow Walk, Saturday 30th May] — and running a shorter ‘afterparty’ ride later on, leaving from Parliament at Holyrood around the usual time of 2pm. Critical Mass Edinburgh is a family-friendly mass protest / group ride, usually leaving at 2pm from Middle Meadow Walk - don’t forget to grab a t-shirt!

🫂 Help Needed

🚲 The Bike Station - looking for volunteer support 🚲

With the days getting longer and brighter, thankfully more people are keen to get back on their bike, or on one for the first time. If you would like to support accessible cycling in Edinburgh, we are recruiting new volunteers to support our mission!

🛒 Shop volunteers: Helping with customer service and support, with the role focused on offering advice up to your comfort level and building up to assist with sales. In busy times this is invaluable support to try and allow our refurbishment mechanics to continue getting bikes ready for sale; while in quieter times it allows for extra help across the general retail duties of the shop. We are also busy with the Wee Bike Library project which you can get involved with, connecting children with a free bike loan (smiles all round).

Current opportunities seeking support are 3-4 hour shifts on Saturday afternoon in Gorgie, as well as Thursday afternoon and Saturday morning in Tollcross.

🛠️ Fix Your Own Bike volunteers: We are exploring the option of expanding the reach of our FYOB sessions, where people pay £6/hour to utilise a stand and full toolkit to work on their own bike. We are looking for volunteers to help provide advice to those attending these sessions, seeing whether with more energy in the team if expansion is suitable. Those best fit for the role would have a lot of experience with bike maintenance and also be good at calmly communicating advice to participants.

If any of these roles are of interest, please contact jamie.henderson@thebikestation.org.uk to discuss the role in more detail.

As a volunteer you not only join a community of like-minded individuals passionate about cycling - you can also access bikes, parts and accessories at a discounted price as well as heavily discounted maintenance courses after 6 months of volunteering.

🅿️ From Gear Up Scotland - cycle racking for sale:

We are a small social enterprise based in Lanark and will shortly vacate our current premises. We have two two tier cycle racks with Sheffield lowers for sale. Open to any reasonable offers - can transport to Edinburgh. Installation would need to be managed by the recipient. Happy to sell the racks separately.

Get in touch: 07872 161913 / gearup@healthyvalleys.org.uk

Ongoing: 👥 Get help with routes & road confidence through Cycle Buddies or become a buddy | 🚌 Marshal for School Bike Buses | 🙋 Help with school programme ‘I Bike’ | 🗨️Join Spokes’ Planning or Resources group | 🆘 Donate money or bikes to Bikes for Refugees | 📦⚡️ Hire Community Cargobikes, E-bikes or Trailers from SW20, Porty Community Energy or Banzai | ♻️ Donate old bikes to The Bike Station, The Wee Spoke Hub or ‘Brake the Cycle’.

🌈 Infrastructure Progress & Consultations

📋 Overviews: CEC’s Active travel improvements programme | Interactive Map from City Mobility Plan prioritisation exercise

✏️ In the Works:

✍️ Take Action:

• 📋 Comments open for Craigmillar Niddrie Connections, or jump straight into the technical plans; closes 8th July;

• 🧭 Comments open for North Edinburgh Connections - protected cycling and walking improvements for West Granton Road, Pennywell Road, and Ferry Road — closes 9th June;

• 🛣️ Sign the petition to Stop the £55 Million A701 Relief Road »

🅿️ Seven new on-street ‘cycle hangar’ storage units are planned for the locations marked with a green dot on this newly published Traffic Regulation Order - thanks to Spokes for sharing;

🆕West Edinburgh Link - Torwood path section between Torwood Crescent and Meadow Place Rd ready for use [FB];

🔐 Recently Closed:

• 📨 Closed 10th Feb: consultation period for the Silverknowes Rd ETRO providing protected cycleways (ETRO/21/30C).

• 🚲 Closed February 9th: Barnton Connections consultation on safe, protected cycle routes through the area;

• ⛲️Dundee Street Fountainbridge Active Travel Project consultation closed 12 January 2026 | 🗺️ Mapped illustrations (do zoom in!) — Image 1 and Image 2 | 📄 Technical drawings [PDF, 23.7mb]

• 📝 West Edinburgh Link, including Glasgow Rd, South Gyle, Bankhead, Sighthill, Wester Hailes and Clovenstone. “Around 5km of new segregated and improved cycleways, new crossings, path and pavement improvements”, the first phase underway with an initial focus primarily on links to Quiet Route 8 - Technical plans [PDF]

• 🤔 The ‘Curriehill Active Travel Link’ reported by Spokes to have been delayed beyond its 2025 due date by ‘biodiversity concerns’.

• 🤫 Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route having detrimental changes made, delayed until at least a Standards Commission hearing in March ‘26: Detailed Designs [PDF] | ETRO Published as TRO/25/17

• ⚒️ Road Resurfacing & early ‘Dalry Living Well Locally’ Outcomes

• 🧱 Vital path upgrade through Muir Wood park in Currie

• 🌳 Meadows to Union Canal Link

• 🦦 Burdiehouse & Niddrie Burn Restoration - blue-green regeneration project including 3m wide ‘Pentlands to Portobello’ core path;

• 🔄 Proposals to address issues at Davidson's Mains Roundabout; City Cycling Edinburgh thread | Planned ‘options’ | Comments closed Friday, 16th January

🔬 Trials & Programmes Underway:

• ✨ Improving Old Town Streets | Includes current ETRO for Lawnmarket & Johnston Terrace

🚧 Under Construction:

• ⚒️ Work has commenced at the former Dalton’s Scrap Yard on Yeaman Place - which includes a ‘Section 75’ requirement for the developer to create a new walking, wheeling and cycling access to the Union canal from the site. A linear connection through the new purpose-built student accommodations slated for the land (surprise!) connect to Dundee St, while a ramped access looks to link to the Yeaman Pl side directly. Planning application documents here »

• ⛏️ As shared by SW20, work will begin on the paving of a key link between ​​Bloomiehall Park in Juniper Green and Muir Wood Road in Currie on the 9th of February. Owned by developer Taylor Wimpey, an informal path link along the edge of the field has been used for decades since the development of the nearby housing estates, but will only now be formalised into a path suitable for all weather conditions and night-time passage;

• 🧱 Changes to southside protected cycleways at Summerhall under construction until April 2026;

⛏️ Burnside Path Repairs & Longstone Sinkhole
Contractors setting up on site w/c 3/11 for repairs required to the retaining wall/sinkhole. Hope to complete the in-river works by xmas, & reinstatement of sinkhole by end of Feb. Option to extend contract if required. — Longstone Community Council on Bluesky » (including site plan images)

• ⛴️ Queensferry High Street Improvements | Technical drawings [PDF]

• ⚓️ Foot of the Walk to Dock Street | Works leaflet » [PDF] | Progress photos »

• 🚋 Trams to Newhaven Snagging / Defects List »

• 🤬 Silverknowes Rd North being returned to cars | Spokes’ area history

📋 Consulted On:

• 🐚 The consultation on Station Road as part of the Musselburgh Active Toun closed mid December;

• 🚋 Major North-South Tramline Consultation | Spokes’ brilliant, detailed response [PDF] | Officers A8 ‘Diversion’ Clarification

• ⭕️ Polwarth Gardens road layout consultation | “Safety Wins: Residents Choose New Polwarth Junction Design, Construction to Begin Within 18 Months” at Merchiston Districts Community Council »

• ⚒️ Queensferry Connections project;

• ⛏️ Marionville Rd and Smokey Brae improvements;

• 🚶🏽‍♂️ Walking, wheeling and cycling improvements in Currie

• 🧪 Edinburgh BioQuarter Active Travel Gaps - Sheriffhall Park & Ride to BioQuarter Campus Route;

• 🌞 Dalry Living Well Locally | Initial Feedback Report » [PDF]

• ⚓ Leith Connections Phase 3 - Hawthornvale to Seafield | Detailed Designs (PDF) »

• 🚴🏽‍♂️ Midlothian Council - A7 Sustainable Transport Corridor

• East Lothian Council - Prestonpans to Levenhall | Combined plans » [Large PDF]

Thanks for reading - ride safe 🚲

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