Submissions to major consultations/projects relevant to cycling in West Edinburgh
- It is difficult to classify some projects e.g. are they North, East or West?? Check out other areas on this page. In particular, there are separate pages for the canal and the A90/Forth Bridge
- CCWEL – City Centre West-East route – see City Centre page
- Roseburn to Canal project – see North Edinburgh page
- For our submissions on more general Edinburgh policy issues see this page.
1907 Gyle Centre extension [Planning application 19/02604/FUL] Plans Spokes submission. Note: we don’t usually put our PA responses on the website, but this was a major proposal and appalling for walk/cycle.
1905 Queensferry High St & Waterfront [no website or online info?] Evening News article Spokes response [pdf]
1905 West Edinburgh Link [formerly called WEATN, 1712 below] Public consultation Spokes response
1904 West Edinburgh & the City/Region Deal
- The Deal proposes spending £20m (+ £20m match funding from the Council) on West Edinburgh transport projects, to be selected from WETA (1612 below). We hope to maximise the proportion that goes to bike/walk.
- 190401 Letter to Dr Vickers, chair of the Transport Appraisal Board, which decides how the Deal’s transport cash is used, asking for a meeting. Useful reply from Dr Vickers [the meeting she refers to was re Sheriffhall – see South Edinburgh page].
1712 WEATN – Council briefing sheet.
1706 QR8 Stenhouse Drive to Saughton Park/Pansy Walk – consultation summary consultation website Spokes submission
1703 QR50 Davidsons Mains Park path – consultation summary – consultation website Spokes submission
1702 QR8 Roseburn Park second consultation – Revised consultation – leaflet Consultation website Spokes submission [virtually identical to our response in 1611 below]
1612 02 West Edinburgh Transport Appraisal [link to 7MB report] Assessment of transport options (including cycling).
1611 QR8 Balgreen Road crossing consultation – consultation summary – consultation website – Spokes submission
1611 QR8 Roseburn Park consultation – consultation summary – consultation website – Spokes submission. [1701] Revised consultation – leaflet [use consultn website link above to respond].
1611 QR8 Bankhead/ South Gyle Access consultation – consultation summary – consultation website (with detailed plans) – Spokes submission.
1610 Cycling consultations – circular [pdf] to members in north, west and east Edinburgh about a wide range of consultations
1604 Dalmeny-Kirkliston-Newbridge [for A8] path. Volunteer work to mend drainage.
1601 East-West route Roseburn-GeorgeSt-Leith. See City Centre.
1512 A8 path upgrade consultation Project webpage. Project description [pdf]. Overview drawing [pdf 2.8MB]. Spokes submission [pdf]. Submission by Henry Whaley, member of RBS Gogarburn Bicycle User Group.
1511 Milburn Tower – huge residential planning proposal, off Gogar Station Road. See our Individual Planning Proposals page
1312 Meadowplace Road Project including new cycle lanes Council letter [pdf 174k] Council drawings [pdf 1.9MB]. Plans include costly digging-up road surface to install chippings – money could be used instead to improve cycle connections Spokes response [doc 35k]. A subsequent Sustrans submission [325k] – some very good onroad ideas, but no discussion of what happens at each end.
