Friday 16 September, 6 – 8pm
Tag: environment
Taking the tram to Newhaven?
City council publishes £165.2 million business case to extend tram line to Leith and Newhaven
The Outline Business Case (OBC) for taking Edinburgh’s tram service down to Leith and Newhaven has been published. The news will not be met with unrestrained joy: the proposed tram line extension would see Leith Walk cut down to just ONE LANE for eighteen months if the £165.2 million project is approved. Continue reading Taking the tram to Newhaven?
Join the Great British Beach Clean at Wardie Bay
Sunday 17 September: 1.30 – 4pm
New partnership approach to prevent litter
Zero Waste Scotland has launched a nationwide initiative calling on businesses, local authorities and other organisations to help cut the cost of litter clean-up and join forces to prevent it from happening in their communities. Continue reading New partnership approach to prevent litter
Work gets under way in Saughton Park
A major project to restore Edinburgh’s historic Saughton Park got under way this week with the official start of a year-long programme of work. The milestone sees the culmination of five years’ effort to establish the park’s £5.2m redevelopment, which has been made possible thanks to £3.8 million of Heritage Lottery Funding. Continue reading Work gets under way in Saughton Park
20mph: Phase Three goes live today
Nursery children from the latest area of Edinburgh to ‘go 20’ displayed their road safety-themed artwork at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (Modern One) yesterday as 20mph Phase 3 prepared to go live. Continue reading 20mph: Phase Three goes live today
“Going to be great for us all”: latest 20mph zones go live tomorrow
The rollout of 20mph speed limits across the capital continues with phase three of the scheme being introduced in North West and West Edinburgh tomorrow (see map). Continue reading “Going to be great for us all”: latest 20mph zones go live tomorrow
Join Beatchwatch volunteers at Wardie Bay tomorrow
Saturday 12th August: 12.30 – 3pm
Kids: get green fingered this summer!
With the summer holidays in full swing garden projects are a wonderful way for adults and children to get outside in the fresh air, and positively direct pent-up energy into something meaningful and constructive. Continue reading Kids: get green fingered this summer!
Wardie Bay Beachwatch this Saturday
It’s Wardie Bay Beachwatch #6 this coming Saturday and the team is growing nicely (writes KAREN BATES). We have the promise of a deposit return scheme thanks to every last soul who played a part in pushing for that welcome announcement. Let’s keep going and begin to focus on the life on our beaches, not the waste. Continue reading Wardie Bay Beachwatch this Saturday