Agenda item

By Councillor Lang - Travelling Safely Schemes

“Committee

I.      Notes the majority decision of committee on 1 September 2022 to approve the recommendations of report 7.7 on “Active Travel Measures - Travelling Safely Update”, including progressing the listed projects to experimental traffic regulation orders (ETROs).

II.    notes that, almost 10 months on, these ETROs are still to be correctly advertised or legally commenced due to highly regrettable errors within both the original orders and the revised orders most recently received from the external consultant.

III.   recognises how these delays have only added to the public concern expressed during the consultation period which led to the 2022 report.

Committee therefore agrees to revisit the decision of 1 September 2022 and, in recognition of the challenges seen, agrees to set apart from the ETRO process the following schemes which elicited the most negative feedback in the original consultation, namely:

a)       Braid Road and the Greenbank to Meadows Quiet Route schemes; where officers are asked to work with local councillors to re-design the schemes, taking into account improvements suggested by local residents during the consultation process, with a view to presenting options to residents living on or near the schemes and thereafter to report back to committee.

b)       Comiston Road; where committee agrees to ask officers to work with local councillors to consider adjustments to the scheme to address road safety concerns, taking into account feedback received from road users and local residents, and to present an adjusted scheme to committee.

c)       Silverknowes Road North; where committee requests that officers return with a more detailed report on options to reopen the road between the Silverknowes roundabout and the promenade and install segregated cycling infrastructure.

d)       Silverknowes Road South, where committee agrees that officers should return to committee with a report on options to a) amend the current arrangement to address ongoing residents’ concerns and b) upgrade the path between Silverknowes and Cramond Road South into a full cycle way, recognising this as a pressing priority for improving cyclist safety in Silverknowes.”