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Edinburgh agrees 10-year priorities for City Mobility Plan
Priorities include reducing the volume of traffic going through the city and improving how people move around the city, with more options for sustainable travel.
Edinburgh City Council has agreed a prioritisation programme for projects under the City Mobility Plan (CMP) over the next decade.
The council said it has engaged “extensively” on the CMP and its objectives over the years with a range of stakeholders. Priorities include reducing emissions and providing more options for sustainable travel.
Mobility projects and priorities
Prioritisation was scored against 15 separate criteria points across three key areas: objectives, deliverability and financial. Some examples include impact on road safety, public transport, inequality, and capital raising challenges.
More than 70 projects are set to be taken forward and 50-plus projects are recommended to be paused, the vast majority of which are already on hold or not started. There are also around five projects which are set to be paused for this financial year only. Again, these are all either on hold or not started.
“We’ll now take forward these projects which will keep Edinburgh moving and make our city a safer, more sustainable and accessible place for all”
The council said the programme effectively manages the resources available to continue to deliver on its CMP objectives to:
- Reduce the volume of traffic going through the city
- Improve how people move around the city, with more options for sustainable travel, including prioritising public transport
- Provide safer conditions for walking, wheeling and cycling
- Reduce harmful emissions
- Provide better access to local facilities like shops, schools and outdoor spaces
- Improve community and public spaces.
Those projects going forward include:
- Walking, wheeling and cycling connection from the Meadows to the Union Canal, including better public space around the King’s Theatre
- Public transport and active travel route between West Shore Road and Waterfront Broadway, complementing the Granton redevelopment
- Major city centre projects, including a trial to reduce vehicle traffic on the Lawnmarket, Cowgate improvements, Meadows to George Street walking and cycling upgrade, and the transformation of George Street.
“Prioritisation allows us to work smarter with the resources we have available – making sure we have a clear and achievable path to achieving our objectives,” said transport and environment convener, councillor Stephen Jenkinson.
“This programme follows the successes of major infrastructure projects such as Trams to Newhaven and active travel projects including the City Centre West to East Link (CCWEL), Roseburn to Union Canal and Leith Connections.”
Jenkinson added: “This is an extensive piece of work which allows the City Mobility Plan to be agile, and able to adapt in the future as necessary.
“However, one key element in this conversation is the fact that we remain dependent on external funding for many projects, particularly from the Scottish Government and by extension Transport Scotland.
“Complex projects which take years to plan and complete but which are subject to annual external funding decisions makes this situation inherently difficult, we need commitment and stability from the Scottish Government if we’re to deliver the changes which our city needs and deserves.
“We’ll now take forward these projects which will keep Edinburgh moving and make our city a safer, more sustainable and accessible place for all.”
The report was approved with amendments from the Administration and the SNP group, along with an addendum from the Green group.
The full list of projects and their statuses can be found at City Mobility Plan Capital Investment Programme Prioritisation Outputs.
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