As we mentioned previously, there was a proposal published on the temporary closure of Crawlees Road and a short-notice 1-week public consultation as a result. Gorebridge & District Community Council looked at many Facebook posts, feedback to our own email inbox, and comments on this blog and, after a brief email discussion, presented an objection to the proposal. You can find a copy of our letter below. We would like to thank all of those who have replied to us to let their feelings be known. We believe we have fairly represented the views provided, but if you disagree please get in touch.
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Further to our post yesterday, a public consultation has been launched regarding the proposed (temporary) closure of Crawlees Road amongst others. This can be seen here:
www.midlothian.gov.uk/directory_record/49723085/the_spaces_for_people_project_vehicle_traffic_ban_on_crawlees_road_oatslie_road_and_roslin_glen_road/category/182/current_consultations The Community Council has still yet to be consulted directly, but we will be responding to the public consultation and summarising the mood of the community that has interacted with us on Facebook and on this website. With only a week's consultation (and zero notice of it coming), unfortunately we feel this is the best level of engagement we can manage. As always, we encourage constructive comments below. There has been a right old stooshie online today regarding a page that is on the Midlothian Council website that suggests that a proposal is being looked at to close Crawlees Road to vehicles. The original page can be seen here:
www.midlothian.gov.uk/info/200296/coronavirus/660/spaces_for_people/16 Clearly, this is causing a great deal of concern for many residents of Gorebridge, Mayfield and Newtongrange (not to mention other areas for the other roads included). It is also worth noting that this proposal is from the same list of proposals that previously included removing parking from Main Street, and this turned out to be not real. Posts from local councillors also suggest they have not been consulted about this particular proposal, and neither has Gorebridge & District Community Council (nor have any other Community Councils). We have been in touch with Councillor Muirhead directly, and he is looking into it. Looking at the parent page on the Council website for these proposals, it is stated on the "assessment table" that this proposal has not been accepted (nor rejected). As we understand it, this proposal has not progressed further than being something put forward for consideration. If it were to progress further, a public consultation would require to be undertaken and the many, many opposing views we have heard already would be provided. We'll keep you posted. In our previous post, we outlined three TTROs that were due to come into effect today. From the comments received both on that post, our Facebook Page, direct messages and emails to the Community Council, it was clear the changes were not popular among residents and businesses. We gathered all the feedback and wrote back to Midlothian Council highlighting the concerns raised. Additionally, Councillor Muirhead commented on the Facebook post that these proposals had already been rejected and so it was unclear why the TTROs had been sent out to the Community Council in the first place. Our reply to the Council actually crossed with an email back from them which said: I am writing to advise that we are now NOT proceeding with any of the restrictions in the below noted Orders in our town centres, as outlined in the TTROs sent on Friday as part of our Spaces for People bid to SUStrans. We apologise for any confusion. While we cannot claim that our response had anything to do with the outcome, it is nevertheless welcome! Thank you to everyone who took the time to provide feedback.
Stay safe - and remember to support the businesses on Main Street and throughout Gorebridge. The Community Council received today a set of Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders (TTROs) detailed changes to be made to car parking in four Midlothian towns, including Gorebridge. These come into effect on Monday 3 August 2020. There are three orders implementing the following changes in Gorebridge:
This is all to allow for barriers to be placed on Main Street in order to effectively widen the pavement to allow for adequate social distancing of shoppers as part of Midlothian Council's Spaces for People initiative. Attached below are the TTROs received and the plans that go with them.
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