The Meadows Directory - Feb18
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Local News<br />
NEWS FROM MERCHISTON COMMUNITY COUNCIL<br />
A recent magazine article about tension between cyclists and pedestrians has resulted<br />
in flurry of emails and phone calls to MCC from local residents. Most, it has to be<br />
said, tell of incidents where speeding cyclists have clashed, sometimes literally, with<br />
walkers. Nobody is suggesting that all cyclists are bad people but David Spaven,<br />
Convenor of Living Streets Edinburgh, writes<br />
“<strong>The</strong> City Council really needs to make clear that pedestrians are ‘top of the tree’ in<br />
transport priority terms, rather than turning a blind eye to the free-for-all which is<br />
developing on our streets. Pedestrians are also the most vulnerable street users and<br />
they deserve a safe and convenient walking environment.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> network of cycle paths on <strong>The</strong> <strong>Meadows</strong> is one of several local areas where the<br />
two groups do not always co-exist in harmony.<br />
If any reader has a view on the matter, or a suggestion as to how the problem might<br />
be solved, please email MCC Chair Tom Graveson at chair@merchistoncc.org.uk or<br />
phone on 07393 486 097.<br />
Other issues currently under discussion at MCC include a consultation which will be<br />
launched shortly into the City Council’s Liquor Licensing policy. Local residents tell<br />
us that they’d like the way in which liquor licences are dealt with to be more transparent.<br />
People living next door or close to a building where an application has been<br />
made for a new licence or the extension of an existing one should be notified in advance<br />
and have a chance to comment. Again, let us know if you have a view.<br />
MCC’s next public meeting is on Tuesday 20 February 2018 at 7pm in the Merchiston<br />
& Polwarth Tennis & Bowling Club, Polwarth Terrace.<br />
Merchiston Community Council<br />
Email: secretary@merchistoncc.org.uk<br />
Website: www.merchistoncc.org.uk<br />
Check us out on Twitter @MerchistonCC<br />
or Facebook / https://www.facebook.com/merchistoncc/<br />
Bridget Stevens<br />
Merchiston Community Council<br />
24 February 2018 To advertise call Leigh on 447 7891 email: leigh@themeadowsdirectory.com
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