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Leith Walk Works (Pilrig Street to Crown Place)


In advance of the construction work starting on the Pilrig Street to Crown Place stretch of Leith Walk on Monday 19 May, we’re now in a position to provide more information relating to a number of aspects of the work.

Duration of Works

The Pilrig Street to Crown Place section of the Leith Walk works is scheduled to last 30 weeks and with an anticipated finish in mid-December 2014.

Number of worksites

There will be twelve separate worksites in total on this section of Leith Walk.

Size of worksites

The size of the worksites will vary but will, in general, be between 60-80 metres in length each.

Duration at each site

This will depend on the complexity of each individual site but is expected, on average, to be in the region of a month. In some sections, this may be less, while in others it may be more. We’ll provide more detailed updates during the works at each site.

The first worksites

Two separate worksites will be running in tandem at any one time. The first two will cover the following areas:

  • 366 Leith Walk to 337 Leith Walk (area taking in Iona Street junction northwards)
  • 202 Leith Walk to 172 Leith Walk (area taking in Smiths Place junction, Springfield Street junction extending south)

Temporary loading/unloading bays

Temporary bays will be provided adjacent to each worksite. A questionnaire has been distributed to local businesses in the worksite areas seeking information regarding the delivery/collection requirements of each business in order to help inform our contractor and to assist in trying to minimise any disruption to normal business operations.

Waste collection arrangements

Presentation points for both domestic and trade waste will be provided adjacent to each worksite and the collection times will remain the same as they currently are. Domestic waste will continue to be collected on Wednesday and Sunday evenings while the current trade waste presentation windows (10:00am to 11.30am and 2:00pm to 3:30pm) will continue to operate. Letters are going out to residents to inform of the temporary domestic waste arrangements while local businesses have also been informed in the delivery/collection questionnaire distributed by our contractors. Signage will be put in place directing people to the temporary presentation points.

Bus stops

The bus stop at 352 Leith Walk (adjacent to St Columba’s Hospice charity shop) will move temporarily northwards adjacent to 332 Leith Walk. The bus stop at 177 Leith Walk (adjacent to Miller’s Flooring) will move northwards to the former Lothian Buses depot at 165 Leith Walk.

Pavement and Road resurfacing

Work will firstly commence with the resurfacing of the outer pavement areas before then carrying out the resurfacing of the pavements in adjacent to property frontages. Every effort will be made to maintain access to businesses and residential properties at all times. In some cases, if the contractor identifies a significant problem in ensuring this, work may take place outside of normal site hours. Carriageway resurfacing will be carried out following this footway work and it is the intention to use lane closures on Leith Walk with the appropriate Traffic Management arrangements, such as temporary traffic lights where required. It will be necessary to temporarily close some side streets when the work is being carried out but these will be kept to a minimum and as much advance notice as possible will be provided.

Parking

While it will be necessary to restrict parking while the works are ongoing in specific areas, our contractors will endeavour to keep these to a minimum.

General questions regarding the work can be addressed to the City Centre and Leith Neighbourhood Team, citycentreteam@edinburgh.gov.uk, or 0131 529 7061. Issues related to the works on site, such as access enquiries or concerns can be directed to Alan Dean, in the first instance, as he will be based in the area and available on mobile number 07739 188438 or email alan.dean@edinburgh.gov.uk

Draft minutes of LCCC April meeting

As with all draft minutes, these should be regarded as a rough draft until and unless they are approved at the next meeting.

Click to download: 2014_04_28 draft

Topics discussed include

  • Leith police station’s area
  • police action against antisocial behaviour
  • Leith festival
  • Leith CCs get-together
  • Community engagement
  • Leith walk repairs: contracts have been issued
  • Pilrig Park
  • Croall place advertising: planning outcome
  • McDonald Road secondary school: planning outcome
  • Shrub Hill House and Shrub Place
  • Leith community plan conference (16 May)
  • Redbraes community Garden
  • Edinburgh Tool Library
  • Referendum debates

Street design consultation

Edinburgh Council has prepared new guidance for street design which focuses on creating better places for people.

This consultation will run until 30 June 2014.

The Council would like your views on the draft EDINBURGH STREET DESIGN GUIDANCE and the design of streets in the city.

You can read the document and complete the on-line survey on the Council’s website: http://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/streetdesign

Alternatively you can e-mail us with Edinburgh Council comments directly at streetdesign@edinburgh.gov.uk

You can follow progress on the consultation on Twitter at http://twitter.com/planningedin

 

Edinburgh Street Design | Services for Communities | City of Edinburgh Council | Waverley Court | 4 East Market Street | Edinburgh EH8 8BG | street.design@edinburgh.gov.uk | www.edinburgh.gov.uk/streetdesign

 

Leith Walk repairs announcement

(with thanks to Leith Harbour and Newhaven, and Leith Links CC web weavers for their posts)

The following is (presumably) an email from Alan Dean of Edinburgh Council:

We can announce that the Tender assessment for the next phase of the Leith Programme (Pilrig Street to the Foot of the Walk) is complete and the winning Tenderer is Crummock (Scotland) Ltd. The contractors will now begin to mobilise for an anticipated works start date of 5th May 2014.

Our contractors have assured us that they will make every effort to keep disruption to a minimum, keep the worksites safe and maintain access to properties and businesses. Measures to endeavour to ensure this include:

  • Providing safe segregated working sites and safe surrounds
  • Providing appropriate signage and information
  • Working outwith normal site hours of operation if issues are identified with maintaining access during the working day
  • Minimise parking restrictions as much as possible
  • Dust suppression during cutting procedures
  • Daily inspection of site for cleanliness, security, trip hazards

At times, it will be necessary to close side roads during resurfacing and work on junctions but these will be kept to a minimum and diversion routes carefully signed.

In order to keep people in both the immediate and wider area informed of the work, letters are going out to 16,600 addresses in the broader Leith Programme area.

During the works, timescales, road diversion and access information will be regularly updated on the Council website www.edinburgh.gov.uk/leithimprovements

General questions regarding the work can be emailed to the City Centre and Leith Neighbourhood Team, citycentreteam@edinburgh.gov.uk, or phoned in 0131 529 7061. Issues related to the works on site, such as access enquiries or concerns can be directed to myself, in the first instance, as I will be based in the area and available on mobile number 07739 188438 or email alan.dean@edinburgh.gov.uk

Feeling Safe Community Forum

The latest meeting of the Feeling Safe Community Forum, a sub group part of Leith Neighbourhood Partnership, was held on Tuesday 4th March 2014.  Twelve members of the public attended this first weekday evening meeting. (Previously meetings were held on Saturday mornings.)

The Forum will no longer be selecting ‘Safer Neighbourhood Priorities’. This is because Police Scotland now set local Leith officers’ annual priorities.  Instead, the forum will now select four quarterly ‘Feeling Safe neighbourhood priorities’ which will be led by Edinburgh Council’s Community Safety Team.

The next Forum meeting is due to be held in early June (exact date to be advised).

Local community plan 2014 – 2017

Leith Neighbourhood Partnership is now gathering information for its 2014–17 Local Community Plan. This plan’s actions and priorities should reflect Leithers’ views: people who live, work, volunteer and study here are best placed to know what Leith needs. A survey is the first step in finding out what Leith people want and is open until 31 March 2014.

Take the survey by 31 March 2014 – https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LeithCommunityPlan