The Edinburgh Minute ⏰: Friday 16 June 2023
Leith Walk bike lane breaks council’s own rules, locals 'delighted' as flats are rejected, busy weekend includes Summerhall pride party + canal festival
☀️ Good morning Edinburgh. Here’s Friday’s Edinburgh Minute.
🚲 Transport officials have admitted the infamous Leith Walk cycle lane breaks the council’s own own street design guidance. The path has many sharp zig-zags. Its design has been mocked globally and described as ‘completely laughable/tragic’. Now the council says it will try to improve ‘the worst but not all’ bad corners on on the route. 🔗 Donald Turvill, Local Democracy Reporter, STV News.
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🏢 The 400 locals who raised objections to a proposal for student flats in Eyre Place, and the 399 who signed a petition against it, ‘are understandably delighted’ that it’s been refused. 🔗 More reaction in The Spurtle.
💰 Short-term holiday flats ‘contribute less to the economy than residential homes’, a new study has found. 🔗 Donald Turvill, Local Democracy Reporter, Edinburgh Live.
✍️ Edinburgh-based crime writer Doug Johnstone has been nominated for a novel of the year award. 🔗 Edinburgh City of Literature Trust.
🚈 The cost of a return train ticket between Edinburgh and Glasgow is edging closer to £30. 🔗 Transport Scotland has announced a fare rise, reports Martin Williams of The Herald.
🚒 A couple who lived in one of the Craigmount Brae flats that went on fire this week say they have ‘lost everything.’ The building was still smouldering yesterday morning, so the fire service had to restrict residents’ entry. 🔗 Sean Mcgill, Edinburgh Live.
🏠 The city’s housing shortage, and how to solve it, will be discussed at a Living Rent event on Saturday.
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🎾 A tournament featuring tennis legends is coming to Edinburgh in September. Players including former British No.1s Greg Rusedski and Johanna Konta will be joined by Mark Philippoussis and Marcos Baghdatis in the Brodies Tennis Invitational at the EICC. 🔗 Scottish Legal News.