Tag Archives: Leith Walk

Trams to Newhaven: timeline

(Dates taken from an email sent by Rory Garriock, Communications and Marketing Manager, Anturas Consulting Ltd)

item date
Tenders out 20/04/2018
Analysis of consultation responses May 2018
Community Workshops 2nd half of June
Tenders returned End of July 2018
Design changes July – August 2018
Engagement 2 Early September 2018
Preferred bidder selected November 2018
Vote of full Council End November/start December 2018
Engagement impact report January 2019
Enabtdng works commence on Leith Walk Spring 2019, followed directly by infrastructure works
London Road to Manderston Street expected completion Winter 2020
Manderston Street to Duke Street expected completion Summer 2021

LCCC May meeting AGM and ordinary meeting agendas

This month’s meeting will consist of firstly the annual general meeting, then the ordinary meeting.

The meeting is at 7pm on Monday 21 May, at McDonald Road Library. Continue reading

LCCC annual report, 21 May 2018

Another year has passed in which Leith Walk, our much-loved and iconic high street, continues to dominate our meetings. Depending who you’re talking to, Leith Walk, once designated as a pedestrian-friendly boulevard or, more recently, a dual carriageway with pedestrian-deterrent paving (if the current tram designs go ahead), continues to be a political football. Plagued by disruption and road works for over 12 long years, residents are fed up and sharply divided as to whether the trams, should the plans be approved, will actually benefit the area. Continue reading

Leith Central Community Council: response to tram extension consultation

(download the original PDF here: LCCC response to tram extension consultation)

LEITH WALK
the most densely populated area in Scotland
a place for people, not a transport corridor

photo of 'First day of operation for through electric trams between Leith and Edinburgh'

(photo © Lothian Buses plc [Photographer: probably Edwin O Catford])

Leith Central Community Council’s response to City of Edinburgh’s consultation on the Tram Extension to Newhaven

(Unless otherwise noted all comments below refer to Leith Walk only, from London Road north.) Continue reading

LCCC DRAFT minutes: April 2018

Please note that these are draft minutes, and may not be take as authoritative unless approved at LCCC’s next meeting.

Actions and decisions are red italic underlined. nem con means that no-one spoke or voted against a decision. Continue reading