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Edinburgh 20mph Speed Limits  – Go Live

(adapted from a post on Tower Wharf Residents’ Association website. It is presumed that the original text came from Edinburgh Council.)

From Sunday 31 July, the legal speed limit in streets across much of Edinburgh’s city centre and rural west area will go down to 20mph, the first phase in a planned rollout of lower speeds across the Capital.

The new speed limits are designed to increase safety for all road users in Edinburgh as well as creating a calmer, more people-friendly environment in shopping and residential streets.  A network of key arterial roads across the city will be retained at 30mph and 40mph, resulting in a modest impact on journey times overall. Continue reading →

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Care and Repair Edinburgh – Better At Home

Care and Repair Edinburgh (C&RE) is a registered charity supporting older (60+) and disabled people to live safely at home through providing a range of practical services.

C&RE is contracted by the City of Edinburgh Council (CEC) to provide the following core services:

  • small repairs
  • adaptations
  • FREE handyperson/volunteer
  • keysafe fitting (police approved)
  • trade referrals.

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Get involved! Community Council elections in Autumn 2016

This could be your opportunity to join a thriving group of local representatives and have a direct influence on local matters.

There are elections for all Edinburgh community councils this autumn. All current members will stand down – they are of course eligible for re-election.

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Planning application by the Malt and Hops pub

There is a current planning application by the Malt and Hops to install: “a 18.5 m x 6.28 m deck with one access gangplank on the eastern edge of the Water of Leith basin south of Bernard Street Bridge to allow expansion of the adjacent public house seating area to accommodate a servery, storage and an accessible WC.”

The planning application reference is 16/02868/FUL.

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Leith Neighbourhood Partnership News: Summer 2016

(adapted from an email from Leith Neighbourhood Partnership)

Highlighting the Healthy Leith Action Group

This is a sub-group of Leith Neighbourhood Partnership (NP), which brings together service providers with an interest in health to work on the Healthy Leith priority, identified by local people in the 2014-17 Local Community Plan.  This priority is important for everyone with those affected by poverty, social isolation, disability or addiction particularly in need of local services. Continue reading →

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Proposed Aldi Supermarket in Dock Street.

Aldi has applied for planning permission to build a new supermarket in Dock Street next to the Kinloch Anderson shop.  The deadline for comment is Friday 13 May.  The details of the application can by accessed by the following link.

Of the documents disclosed  the most useful are probably :

the planning & retail statement

the design & access statement

transport assessment

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Dredging at Newhaven Harbour

In 2015 Forth Ports Ltd (Forth Ports) undertook a capital dredge of Newhaven
Harbour and the approach channel, dredging 10,705 m3 sediment and
disposing of it at the Oxcars disposal site in the Firth of Forth. The capital
dredge proved successful in allowing the safe navigation of Newhaven
Harbour by tenders from cruise liners. Forth Ports now intends to
undertake maintenance dredging works within the footprint of the original
capital dredge to continue to ensure the safe navigation of vessels into and out
of the harbour throughout the tidal cycle.