📰 News this Week

🚂 Powderhall Link ‘Freedom of Information’ results as another MSP backs the route

In addition to previous support for the Powderhall.Link campaign from MSP Ben Macpherson, Lothian MSP Miles Briggs has this week thrown his support behind the campaign as quoted in the Evening News:

“Across Edinburgh our old disused rail lines have become more significant during the pandemic and well utilised by the public. They have provided important walking, cycling and exercise spaces. This is a great opportunity to create a safe green space to connect Powderhall to Meadowbank and beyond.” — Miles Briggs MSP

This week also saw answers from the campaign’s Freedom of Information request from early July, clarifying the position the disused branch is in presently:

“We are currently in discussion with Edinburgh Council about a sale for an Active travel project. As these talks are still underway, we do not have any definitive information as to what extent of the land would be sold or transferred. However, it’s anticipated that the full branch would be sold.” — Network Rail

You can see the other FOI clarifications asked in the campaigners’ post, linked below.

☀️ City of Edinburgh Council announce ‘Summertime streets’ pedestrian zones

The Council’s successful ‘summertime streets’ programme of road closures and restrictions on traffic in the city centre is back in force from 19th July, covering:

• High Street, Parliament Square, Cockburn Street and St Giles' Street

• Blair Street

• Lawnmarket (Castlehill to George IV Bridge)

• Johnston Terrace

• Cowgate – between the junctions with Candlemaker Row and Blackfriars Street

• East Adam Street

• George Street – between Hanover Street and Frederick Street

• Candlemaker Row / George IV Bridge Junction

The closures and other restrictions cover the same streets as last year, but start around five days earlier - and some streets that previously closed just for the Fringe will be closed for longer this year.

In the council news post, Transport Convener Cllr Stephen Jenkinson said,

“We’re ready to welcome the world back to the Capital, and as always, we’re making sure that these higher visitor numbers are managed properly. These temporary changes to our city centre streets have proven very successful for many years and I’m sure that this summer will be no different.”

The various times and details of the closures can be found at the link below.

🏰 Local Bits

♟️ Great to see more bollards going in to protect cycleways, this week on the northern end of Henderson Street on the Foot of the Walk to Dock St route. We’ve seen HGVs loading half-in the cycleway at this location thanks to the exit kerb gap here, and this should put paid to that nicely - many thanks to reader Conor for sending in the photograph!

(Also shout out to SW20 for the alternative bollard emoji suggestion!)

⚙️ Spokes have this week announced their 2026 competition on the theme of “Spokes & Me”:

In 2027 Spokes will be 50 years old! For our 2026 summer competition, we’d like to hear any way in which you have benefitted from Spokes being around – recently, ages ago, or through the years.

• Maybe you bought one of our super maps and used it to devise a great commuter route, or for a brilliant weekend bike ride

• Maybe you cycle across the Meadows every day, enjoying the car-freeness and the cherry blossom, not even knowing that it was illegal until an arduous years-long Spokes campaign way back in the last century!

• Or maybe you are a dedicated campaigner who has been involved in loads of Spokes activities in the past – or now – and helped make a small contribution to a better world

Whatever your connection, Spokes member or not, if you are reading this, we’d love you to enter!

🌸 More details here »

📺 Local photographer and filmmaker Cameron Rennie has a lovely wee short film about Dalry’s co-located bike shop and tattoo parlour Dalry Bicycle Depot and Lucky Spoke Tattoo [IG], over on Instagram »

📈 Currie Community Council shared some stats on the newly paved Muirwood Field path between Currie and Juniper Green to Facebook this week, along with its new name ‘Greenbelt Way’:

“Over the month of June, there have been 5,900 trips heading toward Currie and 7,881 toward JG [Juniper Green]. Seems to be a well used route.”

Great to see so much use of the path, now suitable year-round with lighting works to follow at the end of the Summer.

🌅 From Edinburgh Dawn Patrol [IG] rider a_wee_view [IG]:

We've had a mad idea... And once an idea gets said out loud, it has to happen!

On the 25th of July, we are going to do a dawn to dawn patrol, cycling as many laps as we can of either the road or gravel route (or both, to mix it up) as we can.

Starting at the usual time of 5:40am on the Saturday and cycling through until 7:30am on the Sunday.

Everyone is welcome to join for as many laps as you'd like, wherever that's one at the beginning and one right at the end, or a few during the day, it's totally up to you, it would be great to see some people out on the road.

We will do it all at our own pace, so there will be people cycling the route at different points.

There is plenty of late night places for coffee and food, but we will also be popping into our regular hang out, @cairngormcoffeeco Especially for our final lap on Sunday morning!

See you out there!

🔧 Planning and Active Travel busy bee Harry J Williams has been busy updating both City Scope and Cycle Scope to run better; really interesting tools to have a look over what’s scheduled to happen in the city from a planning and cycling perspective;

🛒 “A North Berwick bike shop that served cyclists for more than 20 years has reopened in a new premises in Fenton Barns. Law Cycles, previously located at 2 Law Road in North Berwick, is back open to customers at Fenton Barns Retail Village.” — East Lothian Courier »

🎪 The Bike Station are hosting several summer Fêtes as part of their Kid's Bike Life Programme in parks across Edinburgh (and also Perth). The events will feature a Dr Bike, e-cargo bike trials, and cycling games and activities for all the family. All events will run from 12 - 4pm and are completely free, with no need to sign up.

• 14th July 10am to 4pm — Leith Links: at 📍 55°58'18.4"N 3°09'50.4"W

• 21st July 10am to 4pm — St. Margaret's Park, Corstorphine: at 📍 55°56'24.2"N 3°17'01.5"W

• 28th July 10am to 4pm — Saughton Park and Gardens, Gorgie: near 📍 the Four Square Park Cafe

🔧 Dr Bike session for Penicuik, from Midlothian Council:

Got a bike that needs a quick health check before your summer rides? Bring it along to our FREE Dr Bike event and get expert advice from Re-Cycles Penicuik mechanics.

📍 The Precinct, John Street, Penicuik
📅 Friday 31 July
⏰ 1pm–4pm

More on Facebook »

💼 JOBS & OPPORTUNITIES

🌿 Banzai are looking for a Cargo Bike Librarian, 6h/week:

We're looking for a new bike librarian to take on the Banzai Bikes admin (coordinating loan bookings, volunteers, maintenance, some comms), around 6 hours a week across the week. Probably best for someone based within easy reach of the library but happy to chat to anyone interested. Details here [PDF] »

🚸 Become a Play Together on Pedals Instructor

Cycling UK in Midlothian are looking for enthusiastic, child-focused instructors to join our Play Together on Pedals team in Midlothian, Edinburgh and East Lothian.

As an instructor, you’ll help preschool and early primary-aged children discover the joy of cycling through fun, supportive sessions in nurseries, schools, and community settings. You’ll play a key role in giving children confidence, building life skills, and inspiring families to get active together.

Find more information on Play Together on Pedals, what an instructor role entails and how to apply to become one on the Cycling UK website

📋 Midlothian Council Leader encourages young people to sign up for Tour de France employability opportunity - Edinburgh Evening News. See the Grand Départs ‘Readiness to work’ website for more also;

💛 Tour de France; Grand Départ GB launches nationwide search for Tour de France volunteers - at Le Tour online and also article from the City of Edinburgh Council »

📮 Got a story or link for the next issue of edi.bike? DM or mention @edi.bike on Bluesky, or send it in using our Submissions Form »

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland

🚲 Spokes have linked to details of a new key active travel bridge and cycleway for Levenmouth that has recently opened;

🏰 Stirling look set to be the next Scottish city with a mass ebike hire scheme as the city gears up its procurement process with designs on an Autumn launch;

☹️ Lots of posts to Instagram this week from the Highland Cycle Campaign after a vital section of bidirectional cycleway in Inverness was removed to reinstate a car lane, leaving no alternative measures for vulnerable road users;

🇬🇧 UK

⚡ Call for education as police crush road-legal, council-funded Tern HSD e-bike by Laura Laker for Cycling Electric, while at Road.cc:

“A false understanding of the law”: Labour MP demands BBC amends ‘e-bike injury payouts’ article that failed to mention £110m in claims all involved illegal bikes — Fabian Hamilton also called for the BBC to give training to its editorial teams to ensure they are aware of the distinction between illegal electric motorbikes and street legal e-bikes (EAPCs) — Road.cc »

📺 Encouraging wee clip on Facebook from the UK Parliament this week - oh that we could hear this kind of rhetoric from the Scottish Parliament too…

👭 Space for women to cycle — “At the weekend around 250 people joined a mass cycle ride around central London to call for safer streets for women. Potholes and Pavements went along for the ride.” — by Laura Laker »

🛣 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:

🚒 Princes Street: Section between Frederick St and S Charlotte St closed following a building fire. At time of writing, the emergency services remain on-site, and it is necessary to dismount to pass. George St may offer an alternate route.

🚧 Great Junction St: Section of Leith Connections segregated cycle path closed for snagging remediation works. Works have overrun and may not finish until next week, Monday 20th July.

🏉 Murrayfield: Scotland vs Fiji this Saturday 18th July. Various Road closures in the surrounding area. Exercise caution and consider dismounting if possible on CCWEL to Water of Leith Path around 1pm and after 3pm. Roseburn Path to Union Canal open throughout.

🎉 The Mound: Section of NCR1 and Princes St closed afternoon of this Sunday 19th July for Edinburgh Fringe Carnival, whilst Market St will also be closed in the morning. Expected to reopen by 5pm.

🚶 Summertime Streets: Various road closures for the Edinburgh Festival from 19th July. Stay tuned next week to hear more on these.

Long Term Closures:

🌉 St Marks Path: Bridge over Water of Leith closed due to structural issues. The road bridge at Warriston Rd or pedestrian bridge at Beaverhall Rd may offer alternate routes.

🚲 Summerhall: Toucan crossing between Meadows path and Buccleuch St on NCR1 obstructed by barriers due to drivers running red light to pass roadworks. Segregated Cycle Lanes by Melville Dr and Melville Ter obstructed for Summerhall improvement works until end July.

🏖️ Silverknowes Road: Road to Silverknowes Beach closed for resurfacing works and reconfiguration of the cycle lane until mid-August. Be aware of resurfacing machinery in the road and consider using the footway.

🌉 Water of Leith Path: Kinauld Tan Works Footbridge by Currie closed due to a hole in the bridge deck. A diversion is suggested via Lanark Rd, which may be unsuitable.

🎾 Gyle Park: Path between Glenmuir Rd and Glasgow Rd closed 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.

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

🌉 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.

🏗️ 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.

🚦 Bankhead Drive: Quietroute 8 along the tramline obstructed at junction with S Gyle Access until late 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

🔧 Basic Bike Maintenance sessions at Bridgend Farmhouse, next on 31st July:

• 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

🧘 Join Detour this August for a weekend of movement, community and adventure.

We will meet in Perth and cycle through stunning Perthshire landscapes, stopping off to enjoy the views along the way, before arriving at Morningside Farm. Here, you will be guided through three movement sessions in the spectacular Wild Hive Dome or outdoors.

Enjoy good food and good company, moving and relaxing in the cosy indoor spaces, before camping under the stars. There will be plenty of time to rest, socialise and explore.

Ride & Retreat, and Retreat Only tickets are available 🌿

The first 3 of each ticket type will receive an early bird discount 🦜

Ride & Retreat - £260/295
Retreat Only - £215/255

📍Morningside Farm, Logiealmond, Perthshire

Follow this link for full event details and tickets, and feel free to drop us a message with any questions!

🔁 Weekly Events

🚴 Weekly

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

• 💪 Adult (16+) Confidence Builder bike rides with The Bike Station, 5-6pm from outside Pav cafe, Meadows;

• 🌅 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: Edinburgh Critical Mass is a family-friendly mass protest / group ride, leaving at 2pm from Middle Meadow Walk - don’t forget to grab a t-shirt!

🫂 Help Needed

📦 Edinburgh charity Goodies are offering free Cargo Bike training for those looking to volunteer with them in their food redistribution work:

Our head rider Fabian will be doing cargo bike training every Wednesday starting 17:30 at the Meadows, next to the East Meadows play park.

This is for anyone who would like to volunteer as a food rider in the evenings during the week.

We will also be signing T&C's that will be required before you can ride.
Looking forward to seeing you there ✨
Remember your helmets also! 🚲

❤️ Charlotte’s Tandems are looking for help in Edinburgh:

We lend, throughout the UK, at no cost (i.e. for free), tandems and tag-alongs (trailer bikes) to (and only to) people with disabilities or additional needs, who are unable to ride a bike safely on their own, so that they can enjoy the wonders of cycling.

In other words we provide all-ability, adapted, inclusive cycling for adults and children who are disabled, have special needs, SEN, SEND or impairments, such as Autism, Down's Syndrome, visual impairments, learning or physical difficulties.

They’ve published a Facebook post in which they are seeking a new ‘helper’ in Edinburgh - you can read about this role here, and a commenter shared:

As a former helper in Edinburgh, there are a couple of things you need to know if you are interested in taking this on.

1. You need to be able store several tandems when they are not being used.

2. The riding skills of who want to borrow a tandem are highly variable, so you may need to try to teach them how to ride a tandem, which is not like riding a solo bike.

If you can help, do get in touch with them.

👏 Cycling Without Age Musselburgh [FB] are raising funds to modernise their trishaw fleet - they have a JustGiving page, but more effective direct giving is also possible using the bank details on their Facebook post;

🚲 The Bike Station - can you volunteer with us? 🚲

Help us make cycling more accessible and connect people with the joy of a bicycle. We have a fantastic team of volunteers who support us in many ways, so please do reach out if you'd like to be part of the community.

🛒 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, with 3-4 hours weekly shifts:

Tollcross: Friday (between 12:30pm-6:30pm) and Saturday morning (9:30am-1pm) fortnightly.

Gorgie: Saturday 1-4pm.

🛠️ Fix Your Own Bike volunteers: We are seeking experienced mechanics to support 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, to ensure we can continue to offer this valuable resource. 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. Sessions are on Wednesday (5-8pm) and Saturday (1-4pm) with the later more in need of regular support.

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.

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:

🎭 With works on the refurbishment of the King’s Theatre drawing to a close, but commencement on the build of this ‘missing link’ cycle route not due until next year, there were concerns that potentially Tarvit Street — part of the new route and closed to motor traffic for around four years during works on the theatre — might be reopened to through-traffic and add to an already busy junction and close again shortly afterwards. Instead, a modal filter will be installed at the junction of Tarvit St and Drumdryan St — which will be made one-way — so motor traffic will only be permitted one-way round a loop of Tarvit westbound, Drumdryan north and then east, returning to Brougham St - with two-way cycling allowed on both arms of the loop. — More details [PDF] »

🚊 A couple of linksfrom the June Workshop on the future of Princes St and George St, posted by Spokes this week; the collated renders and sketches of the project by Edinburgh architect Richard Murphy, and a brief concept video on Youtube;

🏞️ “The prize is a lin­ear path­way from the Pent­lands through Fairmil­e­head, Bur­die­house, More­dun, Gilmer­ton, Nid­drie and Craig­mil­lar and all the way to Joppa where it could meet the Por­to­bello coastal cycle­way and link up to the city’s entire water­front. You could in the­ory cre­ate a tri­an­gu­lar route that would include the Water of Leith Walk­way. That route would be around 25-30 miles and would include some of the finest urban green space and views in Scot­land.” — Pent­lands to Porty path could be huge asset for city com­munit­ies, Evening News / Press Reader »

📝 The good folks at Spokes have spotted a planning application 24/05843/FUL for a “Cycle path link connection and associated works from Gogar Station Road south to land east of 1 Gogar Station Road” - though they also note in their Bluesky post the width of the path being around a meter less than design guidance would instruct…

🅿️ 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:

• 📋 Comments recently closed (8th July) for Craigmillar Niddrie Connections — see the technical plans;

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

• 📨 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 »

• 🧱 Changes to southside protected cycleways at Summerhall under construction until July 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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