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Wednesday 14th November 11am – 2pm
The Prentice Centre, Granton Mains Avenue
(opposite entrance to Edinburgh College Granton Campus)
The event brings together multiple agencies who are working to tackle poverty and inequality and assist people in a range of ‘financial capability’ areas including income maximisation, debt advice, help with fuel and housing costs, free school meals and clothing grants, housing support, employability, low cost credit, etc.
Organisations taking part in the Prentice Centre event are:
For further information telephone Granton Information Centre 0131 551 2459 or 0131 552 0458 or email michelle@gic.org.uk or david@gic.org.uk
Hello,
Edinburgh council has launched a robust 3 stage consultation exercises in relation to Granton Waterfront regeneration master plan. It sounds like this will be an inclusive and sustainable approach to development and it’s a ‘Re-Engaging’ process.
There will be three stages to the consultation as the vision for Granton Waterfront develops. Please find details about stage 1 event this week.
STAGE 1: Granton Waterfront – First consultation
Date: 8 November 2018, 2pm – 7pm
Venue: Madelvic House, 33 Granton Park Ave, Edinburgh EH5 1HS
Come along for a hot drink and a biscuit, meet the team, and share your experiences and ideas with us. This is an opportunity for you to help shape the future of Granton. All are welcome!
STAGE 2; 14 January 2019: Community event
STAGE 3: March 2019: Community event
Online questionnaire:
The online consultation opened on 02 Nov 2018 which will be closed on 22 Nov 2018.
Please find the link of the survey: https://bit.ly/2Djp6WC
To download useful documents; waterfront strategy paper, consultation brief, please visit our page: https://grantoncc.scot/waterfront
For further information, please contact: housingregeneration@edinburgh.gov.uk
We at Granton & District Community Council positively support any kind of approach which will lead towards Sustainable Development of the whole waterfront community as long as voice of the local people will be at the core.
It is also essential to make any economic benefit by preserving local nature and environment for the future generation.
Please take part in the process and make Granton waterfront a great place to live/visit.
Kind regards
Mizan Rahman
Secretary, Granton and District Community Council
E-mail: secretary@grantoncc.scot | Tel: 07930 183352 | www.grantoncc.scot
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Do you live near Granton Waterfront? Come along and share your ideas on the regeneration of the area this Thursday (8 November) from 2pm – 7pm at Madelvic House, 33 Granton Park Avenue.
If you can’t make it you can give your views online – https://bit.ly/2Djp6WC Continue reading Waterfront regeneration: consultation event this Thursday
New energy efficient street lights are set to be rolled out across the Capital from later this month, generating savings of £54 million for the city over 20 years.
The move follows a successful 2012 pilot project
The crisper light and new technology enhance community safety by making CCTV images clearer and by allowing light levels to be varied.
The Council has approximately 65,000 street lights, costing around £3m in energy alone every year. Energy costs continue to rise and the current lanterns are becoming obsolete, making them harder and costlier to maintain.
To pre-empt these increases, £24.5m* is being spent on upgrading all the city’s street lights; replacing inefficient lanterns with modern, energy efficient and environmentally friendly ones. This will achieve savings for the taxpayer of £54m over 20 years.
Transport Convener Councillor Lesley Macinnes said: “Residents in the pilot areas for the new lights overwhelmingly said that they preferred the crisper, brighter light to the orangey glow of the old, inefficient street lights. As well as saving the city millions of pounds, replacing the old lights will help cut our CO2 emissions in Edinburgh and comply with Scottish Government energy efficiency legislation.
“We’re gearing up now to introduce energy efficient street lights to streets and communities right across the Capital. We’ll make every effort to minimise disruption to residents and businesses throughout and will target information locally as the roll-out comes to different wards.”
A dynamic street lighting monitoring and control system (CMS) will also be installed, giving much greater, centralised control over the city’s lighting. The CMS will provide real-time monitoring and reporting to identify and track faults, which will cut the number of residents’ complaints about broken street lights and remove the need for street lighting staff to undertake night-time scouting work to identify faulty lights.
It will also track actual energy consumption, submitting information directly to the Meter Administrator and increasing the accuracy of energy billing.
Conservative MSP Miles Briggs has welcomed the announcement. He said: “This decision to spend more in the short term to save money in the long term shows excellent foresight from the City of Edinburgh Council.”
The ward-by-ward rollout of energy efficient street lights is due to start in Ward 7 (Sighthill / Gorgie) next week, but Forth and Inverleith residents will have a while to wait for better lighting – their upgrade isn’t scheduled to take place until the end of next year.
ROLL-OUT SCHEDULE
2018
Nov-Dec: Ward 7 – Sighthill / Gorgie
2019
Jan-Feb: Ward 9 – Fountainbridge / Craiglockhart
Feb-Apr: Ward 8 – Colinton / Fairmilehead
Apr-May: Ward 2 – Pentland Hills
May-Jul: Ward 1 – Almond
Jul-Sept: Ward 3 – Drum Brae / Gyle
Sept-Nov: Ward 6 – Corstorphine / Murrayfield
Nov-Dec: Ward 5 – Inverleith
Dec-Feb: Ward 4 – Forth
2020
Feb-Mar: Ward 13 – Leith
Mar-Apr: Ward 12 – Leith Walk
Apr-Jun: Ward 11 – City Centre
Jun-Aug: Ward 14 – Craigentinny / Duddingston
Aug-Sept: Ward 10 – Meadows / Morningside
Sept-Oct: Ward 15 – Southside / Newington
Nov-Feb: Ward 16 – Liberton / Gilmerton
2021
Feb-Mar: Ward 17 Portobello / Craigmillar
