Proposals aiming to significantly improve air quality and health benefits for people across Edinburgh have been published by the city council. If the plans go ahead, drivers of older vehicles will be hit with a city centre levy.
Continue reading Council announces plans to tackle air pollution
A major public consultation will be launched on a radical programme to transform Edinburgh’s city centre if, as expected, it is approved by city councillors next week.
Continue reading Council to consult on city centre ‘transformation’
Edinburgh residents are set to be barred from the city centre in a controversial experiment this summer. City chiefs want to make the world famous old and new towns a tourist-only zone over the festival period. Continue reading Outrage as Edinburgh residents face city centre curfew
Continue reading Councillors to discuss ‘pedestrian-friendly’ Picardy Place plans
Strategic charging zones for electric vehicles could be rolled out across the Capital as part of Edinburgh’s first Electric Vehicle Action Plan. The innovative zonal approach to charging hubs – believed to be the first of their kind in Scotland – are one of five key strategic objectives in the Council’s Action Plan, which will be considered by members of the Transport and Environment Committee today. Continue reading Council to launch Electric Vehicle Action Plan
