Solutions Sought on Parkgrove Drive
The Lib Dem team have secured a commitment from Council to look into how the myriad problems on Parkgrove Drive could be solved.
Drum Brae/Gyle ward covers the communities of Barntongate, Bughtlin, Clermiston, Clerwood, Drum Brae, East Craigs, Forrester Park, North Gyle, Parkgrove, South Gyle and West Craigs.
Working as a team with Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP and Christine Jardine MP, local councillors Robert Aldridge and Ed Thornley are strong voices for the area and fight hard to get things done locally.
Robert has been a councillor for Drum Brae/Gyle for over 30 years and he lives locally in Barntongate.
Robert was unanimously elected as Edinburgh's Lord Provost, meaning he chairs meetings of the Council and is also the civic head of the city and the ex-officio Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh.
Robert has a long record of service and action for and with the local community and he has a strong reputation for getting things done.
For all his time as a councillor, Robert has fought to protect local green spaces from development. Most recently he opposed the recently rejected development proposals for yet more housing on greenbelt at Cammo.
Ed believes in ensuring our communities across Drum Brae / Gyle ward receive the best possible Council services. A well-known face on the doorstep, Ed has been standing up for West Edinburgh and has helped ensure local people are listened to at all levels of government.
Together with Councillor Robert Aldridge, he is campaigning for:
He sits on the Culture and Communities and Planning Committees.
The Lib Dem team have secured a commitment from Council to look into how the myriad problems on Parkgrove Drive could be solved.
Work on the long-awaited lights-controlled crossing is due to begin in mid-May.
The 41 bus is to be replaced by the 47, the 43 will be more frequent at peak times, and a new supported service is to be tendered for between Cramond and the Gyle.
The 31 bus service is proving an unreliable service in East Craigs, with many residents telling us that the bus has been extremely late or not turned up at all. The 12 is also facing serious problems.
Work to widen and provide lighting on the path running from Torwood Crescent towards Meadow Place Road is still planned to begin this year.
The roads and pavements that will be repaired in the new financial year have been announced.
Following the news that the operators of the Duart Crescent Post Office have decided to sell, Christine visited to learn about how many postmasters are having to make difficult decisions.
The 31 bus service continues to suffer from delays and sometimes not turn up at all. We are working with Lothian to improve this.
For years, the state of the road surface on Parkgrove Drive and Loan has been truly awful – and it has been the single issue that residents in Parkgrove have raised with us most frequently.
The reduction in service of the 31 to every 15 minutes has not resulted in the promised improved reliability.
With Meadow Place Road closed southbound, there have been long queues both west and east of the Drum Brae roundabout.
Work has been delayed, leaving residents frustrated at the lack of progress.