Parking in Edinburgh – consultation

(adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council)

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A consultation is underway on parking in Edinburgh. The draft parking action plan  sets out a range of actions and was approved by the Transport and Environment Committee on 25 August. The main actions include:

  • The extension of parking controls to cover weekends/Sundays and into the evening
  • The roll out of shared use parking places
  • The introduction of visitor permits in the city centre

Edinburgh Council wants to know what you think about the parking proposals to ensure the it makes the right decisions about parking in Edinburgh.  Once you’ve read the proposals, please fill in the questionnaire.

Drop in Events

Further information and a full list of  local drop in sessions and engagement events is  available on the Council’sConsultation Hub at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/parkingconsultation.

Please forward this post to any contacts that you feel would be interested in making their views heard on the proposals.  The consultation is open and you can feed back until 31 October. Edinburgh Council looks forward to hearing from you.

Parking Action Plan Team

Parking Operations I Traffic & Engineering I Services For Communities I The City Of Edinburgh Council I 249 High Street I Edinburgh I EH1 1YJ I parkingactionplan@edinburgh.gov.uk

St Mary’s (Leith) RC Primary School – Rising Rolls Pre-Planning Open Evening

(adapted from an post on Leith Links CC’s website. We assume – but are not sure – that the school’s catchment area extends into LCCC’s area.)

St Mary’s (Leith) RC Primary School’s inclusion in the Rising Rolls project to address accommodation issues at the school was approved by Education, Children and Families Committee in May 2015.

This is to let you know that an open evening will be held at St Mary’s (Leith) RC Primary School on Tuesday 6 October from 6pm to 8pm to allow the school community and local residents to view plans and discuss with the design team the proposals for a two classroom extension in the grounds of the school prior to submission of a planning application later in October.

Waste Action Grants – deadline approaching

(copied from a post on Leith Links CC’s website)

Communities across Edinburgh are being urged to submit their applications to the City of Edinburgh Council for a Waste Action Grant as the deadline fast approaches. Grants are available to fund eco-friendly projects that will encourage more people in the Capital to reduce, reuse and recycle.

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Duncan Place Resource Centre

There is a campaign to save Duncan Place resource centre, specifically for an option to provide ‘a new school gym and nursery and a refurbishment of the ground floor of DPRC
to provide council run community services’.

Leith Links CC invites those who wish to contribute to this campaign to email their Councillors, MSP and other representatives – the vote is tomorrow morning.

For further details, see Leith Links CC’s blog post.

 

Friends of Pilrig Park – upcoming events

(adapted from an email from Friends of Pilrig park)

AGM Monday 12th October (McDonald Rd Library)

The Friends of Pilrig Park will be holding a Public Meeting along with our AGM on Monday 12th October from 6.30-8.00pm at the Nelson Hall in McDonald Road Library.
If you can spare the time please do come along and share your thoughts and ideas about the park.  If you can’t make it along on the evening but have some ideas regarding park improvements please email them through by Friday 9th October.  Click the links for the minutes from the last meeting, an agenda for the AGM and a poster about the AGM. Continue reading →