
Craigievar House Fire
After the terrible fire at Craigievar House, the community came together to support residents whose lives has been turned upside down.
Drum Brae/Gyle ward covers the communities of Barntongate, Bughtlin, Clermiston, Clerwood, Drum Brae, East Craigs, Forrester Park, North Gyle, Parkgrove, South Gyle and parts of 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.
Ed has been a councillor since 2022, and lives locally in East Craigs. He is currently the Leader of the Liberal Democrat group on the Council.
Together with Councillor Robert Aldridge, he is campaigning for:
He sits on the Culture & Communities and Policy & Sustainability Committees.
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.
After the terrible fire at Craigievar House, the community came together to support residents whose lives has been turned upside down.
The implementation of the 30mph limit on several roads, including Glasgow Road, has been delayed further.
With the summer holidays upon us, we have managed to secure an extra large bin in the car park.
A trench has been left in the Park by energy works - Ed is working with the Friends to get it filled in properly.
With the Low Traffic Neighbourhood in Corstorphine in place for a few weeks now, the Lib Dem team have been running a survey to gather residents' views.
There is a desperate need for a pedestrian crossing on Clermiston Road, and there is now a site proposed at Clerwood Park.
Works have finally begun on the long-awaited lights controlled crossing at the Drum Brae/Drum Brae Drive junction.
The Council has agreed money for a flood study in North Gyle, to see what is needed to fix the problem.
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.