Melville Crescent
We published an article about the work being done at Melville Crescent just as the street had been cleared of roadworks connected to the City Centre West to East Link (CCWEL) and the new cycle lanes and parking spaces created there at the beginning of April. But, according to comments on local Facebook groups not many people are aware of what is happening there. So here is the information you will need to know if you are out and about on Melville Street and Melville Crescent.
Funding of £2.1 million has just been provided by Transport Scotland to create the new public realm arrangement on Melville Crescent which was actually approved in 2018.
The new layout will include:
- Wider and resurfaced footways using sandstone slabs in keeping with the World Heritage Site.
- Re-introduction of setts on the road along Melville Crescent – re-using the setts which currently lie hidden under the existing asphalt surface.
- Improved and additional crossing points
- New lawn areas and street trees
- New cycle parking and benches
Work began on 22 April 2024 and it will continue for nine months. The contractor is the same one which carried out the work on CCWEL – Balfour Beatty.
Read the report to Committee in March 2018 where the design was approved following consultation
Dr Bike Sessions – free care for your bike
Tomorrow and next Saturday 27 April take your bike to St Margaret’s Park in Corstorphine where there will be a Dr Bike session provided by Graeme Hart of Harts Cyclery from 10am until 3pm. Situated next to the Dower House Café you can have a coffee while someone checks over your bike for free. It is part of the council’s Corstorphone Connections project which is a trial road safety project which aims to make the area safer for those walking, wheeling or cycling.
Read more in the Corstorphine Connections newsletter below.
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Oxgangs Crescent improvement Project
The council is holding a drop in event next Wednesday when local people can find out what is proposed for Oxgangs Crescent. The event is being held at Oxgangs Neighbourhood Centre from 4 to 7pm.
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