Drainage around Leith Walk ward
A recent Council question from the Lib Dems has uncovered details of the number of road gullies that residents have reported in the last six months (by Ward) and how many of those ad hoc requests were actually attended to within a month. In the Inverleith Ward, the number of requests was 220 and the number cleaned was 36. Reasons given for the low clearance rate have been to do with reduced resources and priority being given to cyclical cleaning. Officers have said that staff vacancies have now been filled and additional resources will now be given to reported ad hoc requests.
Leith Walk Lib Dem Councillor Jack Caldwell said “It's disappointing that only 4 of 52 drain requests in our community were attended to within a month of reporting them. I will continue liaising with the department to see improvement, such as pictured on Montgomery Street, where the chamber is shallow which has caused a repeated issue”.
You can see the full question and answer on the link below question 4