New town deputn speaker, Mike Birch

Leith LInks speaker

Start of written deputation LEITH LINKS COMMUNITY COUNCIL & LEITH HARBOUR & NEWHAVEN COMMUNITY COUNCIL WRITTEN DEPUTATION TO TRANSPORT & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE - 22 MAY 2025 Item 7.5 City Mobility Plan – Capital Investment Programme Prioritisation Outputs with specific reference to the Project ‘Leith Connection Phase 3 (LDPAP Hawthornevale to Seafield) This is joint submission from two Community Councils in Leith. We understand and accept the need to rationalise and set priorities for the Transport programme over coming years, but we have comments on the findings of this report, which we feel merits amendment. In Para 3.3, it is stated that “the CMP Implementation Plan is supported by four documents setting out delivery actions for Active Travel, Parking, Public Transport and Road Safety.” We find that the scoring and some of the decisions on Pausing or Proceeding in the report do not take adequate account of some of these, particularly as regards Public Transport. We also query the lack of transparency in the scoring process. And are unclear as to how the scoring deals with comparisons, in order to identify the best projects to deliver modal shift. To take a specific example – ‘on our patch’ – our two community councils, covering the coastal strip from Seafield to Granton, are unconvinced that the Leith Connections Phase 3 (Hawthornevale to Seafield cycle route) is correctly evaluated as qualifying to Proceed. We would recommend that it is instead moved to the Paused list. We are not anti Active Travel, and we support rather than oppose a cycle route through this area, but we find ourselves asking the following questions:

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@ntbcc.bsky.social deputn:
wants cross-streets (Hanover etc) included with #GeorgeStreet & other central Ed projects

Leith Links CC deputn:
wants #Hawthornevale - #Seafield #cycleroute scrapped & redesigned

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