Edinburgh Council wants to hear your views on the proposed 20mph schemes. Here is their online consultation. The consultation closes at the end of Friday 17th October.
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Local Development Plan – LCCC’s submissions
Leith Central CC today made 8 submissions to the consultation on the second local development plan. These submissions look for
- protection and increase of green space and visual amenity in the Leith area,
- management of parking to maintain and improve air quality,
- building district heating infrastructure into new housing developments to support low-carbon targets,
- linking of cycle-paths via a ‘green bridge’ over Leith Walk and other measures
- new roads to be limited to 20mph
Here are the actual submissions
Have your say on the 20mph speed limit
What: Drop-in, learn more and give your views.
When: 6 pm to 8 pm on Wednesday, 24 Sept 2014
Where: Business Hub, McDonald Road Library, 2 McDonald Road, EH7 4LU
Presentation at 6.30 pm
All welcome
Opportunity to learn more, ask questions and/or make comments
Street design – consultation ends soon
(Adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council)
This is a reminder that Edinburgh Council has added additional information to its web site about the detailed design of streets. It would like your views on this information. This consultation will run until 31st August 2014.
You can read the documents on the Council’s web site at http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/streetdesign and you can e-mail comments directly to streetdesign@edinburgh.gov.uk.
You can follow progress on the consultation on Twitter at http://twitter.com/planningedin
Edinburgh Street Design I Services for Communities I City of Edinburgh Council I Waverley Court I 4 East Market Street I Edinburgh EH8 8BG I street.design@edinburgh.gov.uk I www.edinburgh.gov.uk/streetdesign
20 mph zones – CEC wants your views
Adapted from an email from Edinburgh Council 
The Council’s Transport and Environment Committee has approved a draft network of 20, 30 and 40 mph roads as a basis for consultation and authorised a public consultation on extending the 20 mph speed limits to many roads in the city.
Whatever your views about the 20 mph speed limit proposals, Edinburgh Council wants to hear from you. You can email your views to the address below or use the online consultation. Drop-in events, public meetings and exhibitions are also taking place across the city.
An interactive map of the draft proposals, a list of frequently asked questions and details of the engagement events are available on the Council’s website at www.edinburgh.gov.uk/20mph.
Please forward this email to any contacts that you feel would be interested in making their views heard on the proposals. The consultation is open until 17 October.
Eileen Hewitt I Professional Officer, 20mph Programme I Strategic Planning I Services for Communities I City of Edinburgh Council I C:2 Waverley Court, 4 East Market Street, Edinburgh, EH8 8BG I 0131 469 3502 I20mph@edinburgh.gov.uk
Click to download the 20mph leaflet
Leith Central Community Council 