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LATEST NEWS: Working together to protect Water of Leith basin

(adapted from a communication from Edinburgh Council.)

CEC says:

A new agreement on the day-to-day management of the Water of Leith basin is to be established amongst key partners.

Plans for the agreement, which will involve the City of Edinburgh Council, Water of Leith Conservation Trust, Water of Leith 2000, Forth Ports, and Friends of the Water of Leith Basin, build on the Water of Leith Management Plan 2010-20, approved in 2010.

Read the rest here: https://edinburghcoun-newsroom.prgloo.com/news/latest-news-working-together-to-protect-water-of-leith-basin

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LHNCC **approved** September minutes

(The following has exactly the same content as the draft minutes at https://lhncc.org.uk/2019/10/06/lhncc-draft-september-minutes. However, this post records their formal adoption on at LHNCC’s October meeting.)

Minutes of the Leith Harbour and Newhaven Community Council meeting, held at the Leith Community Education Centre on Tuesday 24 September 2019 at 7pm

Actions and decisions are red italic. Nem con means that no-one spoke or voted against an item. Continue reading →

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Bus Lane Operational Hours – Stakeholder Workshop Invitation

(adapted form an email from Edinburgh Council)

You may have heard of the City of Edinburgh Council’s public consultation on amending bus lane operational hours. Most bus lanes are currently closed to general traffic from Monday to Friday peak hours only (7.30am to 9.30am and 4pm to 6.30pm). To speed up bus journeys, we are considering changing the times they are closed to general traffic to 7am till 7pm seven days a week.

The consultation provides an opportunity for us to hear from and discuss the proposals with people and organisations potentially affected. Feedback from the consultation process will help to inform our decision.

In addition to an online consultation survey which will go live on the 31st October, we are inviting stakeholders to attend a workshop to hear about the proposals in further detail and to enable stakeholders to provide specific input on the proposals.

Please RSVP by emailing BusLane.HoursConsultation@edinburgh.gov.uk letting us know if you are able to attend by 18th November 2019. We ask that only up to two people from a single organisation attend and that you advise who you are representing when you RSVP.

If you are a representative organisation with members, we would be grateful if you could circulate this email to your members or colleagues that may be impacted by the proposals.

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Controlled parking zones consultation

This consultation closes on 10 November 2019.

Here’s a map of some of the proposals:

Find out more

  • read CEC’s leafet: click the graphic to see the full PDF
  • from CEC’s website
  • at the following drop-in sessions:
    • St. Paul’s Church, 1b Pilrig St, EH6 5AH on Thursday 31 Oct 2019, 4-7pm
    • North Leith Parish Church, 1a Madeira Pl, EH6 4AW on Tuesday 5 Nov 2019, 4-7pm
    • Fort Community Centre, 25 N Fort St, EH6 4HF on Wednesday 6 Nov, 11am-2pm

Have your say:

 

 

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Election results and office-bearers

Cllr Adam McVey confirmed this evening that the following people were elected at the end of September to serve on LHNCC for the next 4 years:

  • Stewart Auld
  • Colin Brown
  • Elaine Dick
  • Rob Levick
  • Jennifer Marlborough
  • Douglas Tharby
  • Arthur Young
  • Don Giles (representing Friends of the Water of Leith basins)

The following office-bearers were then elected.

Role nominee(s) proposer(s) seconder(s) result
Chair Douglas Tharby Arthur Young Jennifer Marlborough Elected nem con
Vicechair Elaine Dick Douglas Tharby Stuart Auld Elected nem con
Secretary Jennifer Marlborough Elaine Dick Douglas Tharby Elected nem con
Treasurer DouglasT Don Giles Stewart Auld Elected nem con

Bruce Ryan was reappointed as non-voting minutes secretary and webmaster (nem con).

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SOSLeith public meeting: Wednesday 30 October #sosleith

(SOSLeith asked LHNCC to publicise this. LHNCC is very happy to do so!)

What: SOSLeith public meeting

When: Wednesday 30 October 2019, 18:30

Where: Leith Community Centre Cafe

The meeting’s main purpose is to discuss progress on cleaning trash and detritus from the Water of Leith basins at The Shore, seek updates on long-term planning, and agree next steps. Ben Macpherson MSP will be attending. Also invited to address the meeting are local Councillors, City of Edinburgh Council, SEPA, Forth Ports Ltd, Water of Leith 2000 Ltd and Bluefield llp.

Click the graphic to see the full PDF: