Parking in the city
Broomhouse Community Shop need a bookkeeper
There will be fireworks
Festival tip of the Day
Edinburgh to Helsinki
Since the spring of this year council officers have been considering what they might do about evening parking, Sunday parking and the council’s overall approach to charging. Their main aim is to discourage commuter car travel in the city, preferring instead that commuters use public transport or a means of Active Travel.
These matters were referred to the Transport Forum for feedback and it is clear that paying for parking into the evenings is well supported by the forum.
Those who live in Controlled Parking Zones might be supportive of this extended charging as it could make their lives easier when they return in the evening or on a Sunday to find a resident’s space to park their vehicle.
The council now proposes to roll out shared use parking which will make some of the spaces in the city dual use and therefore more flexible. All residents’ zones will have Visitors Permits introduced. This was thought necessary by some carers and those visiting daily where the resultant cost was considerable.
The other part to this strategy is that motorists will be expected to pay for parking in Zones 1 to 6 and in part of Zone 7 on Sundays also in an effort to make streets safer for all. The council aim that by 2030 the transport system in the city is one of the greenest and healthiest in Northern Europe.
Pricing will be set in such a way that motorists will be deterred from bringing cars to the city centre on an all day commuter parking basis. This will encourage turnover of spaces on a regular basis.
Although these matters are being recommended there will be a long lead in as the council will have to consult on the measures to be put in place and Traffic Regulation Orders will be required. Edinburgh has a low car ownership ratio in any case, five per cent below the Scottish average, and the council want to encourage that along with increased bus usage, cycling and walking to work.
All of this will be discussed at next week’s Transport and Environment Committee.
***
There is a job on offer in Broomhoouse.
This is a vacancy for a bookkeeper within the Community One Stop Shop. It is a 6 month vacancy for 4 hours per week.
Experience essential. Duties include:
- Reconciliation of accounts
- Funding award returns
- Financial support for funding applications
- Invoicing
- Compliance with OSCR returns
- Training and recruitment of a volunteer treasurer for management committee representation
- Preparing of financial reports
Immediate start available. Please send CV to cossinfo@ymail.com
***
Another few days until the Festival Fireworks on 31 August but here’s a video to whet your appetite!
***
Our Festival tip of the day is to go to see Dr Professor Neal Portenza’s Catchy Show Title
***
Finnair is to start a seasonal service from Edinburgh to Helsinki in 2016, offering travellers faster connections to Finnair’s network of Asian destinations. The service begins on 18 April 2016 and will operate to 27 October 2016.
Edinburgh will be served by three flights a week operated by a Finnair Airbus A319.
***
Sign up here for a daily email from The Edinburgh Reporter !
[mc4wp_form]
Founding Editor of The Edinburgh Reporter.
Edinburgh-born multimedia journalist and iPhoneographer.
