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Rejuvenating Roseburn: have your say on placemaking plans
Refined placemaking plans to enhance the Roseburn area will go on display next week following extensive engagement with the local community.
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Leonardo Royal Hotel celebrates birthday with some stats
A STYLISH Edinburgh hotel has used its landmark first anniversary to reveal fascinating behind-the-scenes facts which have helped to ensure its guests enjoy successful stays. Continue reading Leonardo Royal Hotel celebrates birthday with some stats
City Centre Hotel Offers Exclusive Discount to Edinburgh Runners
A CITY centre hotel is offering an exclusive discount to participants in Edinburgh’s biggest weekend of running festivities. Leonardo Royal Edinburgh Haymarket is offering a 10% discount on food and beverages for all those who take part in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival over the May bank holiday weekend.
The discount will be available to anyone who presents their Edinburgh Marathon medal after completing the various races taking place around the city tthis weekend over the 26th and 27th May.
Formerly known as a Premier Inn, the hotel is located in the heart of the capital, nearby Haymarket station, with a stylish onsite bar and restaurant.
Gillian Duthie, Cluster General Manager at the Leonardo Royal Edinburgh Haymarket said: “We’re thrilled to be offering this exclusive discount over a very exciting weekend in Edinburgh.
“It is sure to be a fantastic atmosphere, as the Edinburgh Marathon Festival always creates a great buzz about the city among visitors and residents alike.
“We’re hoping that tired runners ready for refreshment will pop in and enjoy this discount – they will have definitely earned it.”
Leonardo Royal’s modern lounge bar offers a range of light bites, snacks and beverages, with its restaurant, ‘Vitruv’ providing a popular food and wine menu.
The hotel has seen recent refurbishment, featuring designs from renowned hotel designer Andreas Neudahm, who has created a rustic, homely feel with touches of tartan and tweed – whilst retaining a contemporary style.
The bar area has also had an overhaul, with a stylish new marble tile flooring, treated oak lightshades and furniture, and classic Leonardo tall-back chairs to finish.
Gillian added: “We can’t wait to welcome everyone over the weekend to enjoy good food and drink in such a fantastic setting.”
To find out more, visit: https://www.leonardo-hotels.com/leonardo-royal-hotel-edinburgh
Early release traffic signals for cyclists proposed
“Road safety is absolutely paramount” – Transport Convener Councillor Lesley Macinnes
New traffic signals which give cyclists a head-start ahead of other traffic are being proposed under the latest plans for safety improvements along Edinburgh’s tram route. The proposals, which are now out for consultation, follow the death of student Zhi Min Soh in an accident at the West End last May.
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Travel info for Six Nations fans
Rugby fans heading to watch Scotland in the Six Nations at BT Murrayfield Stadium this month are being advised to take note of traffic and travel information.
Conversation Cafes will mark World Suicide Prevention Day
The ScotRail Alliance will mark World Suicide Prevention Day by offering support to people all across Scotland. Conversation Cafés will see representatives from the Samaritans, NH24 Breathing Space, Railway Chaplains, SAMH and other organisations, engaging and meeting customers on train services and at stations. Continue reading Conversation Cafes will mark World Suicide Prevention Day
Have your say: Haymarket ‘active travel hub’?
The City of Edinburgh Council has secured funding from Transport Scotland to explore the potential for an ‘active travel hub’ at the Capital’s Haymarket Station, a major transport interchange at the west end of the city centre.
One of Scotland’s busiest transport hubs, with thousands of people accessing all means of transport, from trains and buses to bikes and taxis every day, Haymarket Station is also a key milestone along the planned City Centre West to East Link, for which a final route was agreed last week.
Now a £10,000 feasibility study, 100% funded by Transport Scotland and being carried out on the Council’s behalf by consultants Capita Symonds, will examine the potential for Haymarket to become a ‘hub’ for active travel.
The Council has been in discussion with a number of stakeholders, including Abellio ScotRail, Sustrans and Cycling Scotland, about the proposals and a survey is now live seeking people’s views – and especially users of Haymarket Station – on what features they would want to see in such a ‘hub’.
Facilities might include cycling and walking route-mapping information and advice, bike maintenance and/or bike/e-bike hire, depending on demand and the physical space potentially available within the station area for the service.
Transport Convener Councillor Lesley Hinds said: “The City Centre West to East Link and opportunities to create an active travel hub at Haymarket Station represent a step-change in conditions for travelling by two wheels into, from and right through the city centre.
“We want to make walking and cycling as easy and attractive a choice as possible, and for more people to experience the benefits of travelling in an active and sustainable way for everyday journeys, as well as contributing positively to the city’s quality of life and air quality.
“I would encourage station users and anyone with an interest in improving facilities and information services for active travel in Edinburgh to have their say via this survey. The more people who tell us what would most benefit them in an active travel hub, the better we’ll be able to deliver a successful facility for all who’ll one day use it.”
The active travel hub survey is open for comments until Friday 6 January 2017.
Similar active travel hubs are already in place in Stirling, Ayr and Kilmarnock.