Yesterday, along with my West End councillor colleagues, I met with residents and a representative of the City Council's Planning & Transportation Department regarding two West End road safety concerns:
- Firstly, a useful meeting with the Chair of Logie Residents' Association about safety concerns in Logie Avenue. A speed survery will now be undertaken - click on the headline above to view the full story in tonight's Evening Telegraph.
- Secondly, following concerns raised about the safety of pedestrians on Blackness Road (including Harris Academy pupils and visitors going to Royal Victoria Hospital), we met with residents who live close to the Kelso steps. The City Council had initially suggested a traffic island here to improve things for pedestrians crossing, but this had the disadvantage of significant loss of parking. An alternative suggestion by the Planning & Transportation Department includes a build-out at the bottom of the steps together with dropped kerbs and white lining (including "SLOW" markings) which has the advantages of creating a more calmed traffic environment and a shorter crossing length, without loss of parking. The unanimous view was that the latter option provided the best solution and it is anticipated that the necessary works to provide this will be undertaken during the current financial year.