The steps from Blackness Road to Kelso Street (see right) are not only very useful for residents and many Harris Academy pupils travelling to/from the school from the north of the catchment area, they are also well-used by visitors to Royal Victoria Hospital.
On behalf of residents and visitors, I recently raised with the City Council the need for an extension to the handrail on the steps. I am grateful for the positive response from the council's transportation division as follows :
"An engineer from my team met the blacksmiths on site and I am now awaiting a quotation for the handrail extension. Depending on quotation received, work load and available budget this will be ordered or retained on file to be ordered in April when new funding is available."