Edinburgh Greens Fight for Braid Estate Barriers

0:00It's March 29, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Edinburgh News Today, local news powered by AI. Edinburgh Green counselors are pushing hard for quick action to save traffic barriers and planters in Morningside's Bray to State. These modal filters block through traffic as part of a quiet route from Green Bank to Meadows. A vote two years ago to rip them out and add a segregated cycle way got thrown out by the standards commission because two counselors who live nearby didn't declare their interest and should have sat it out. The experimental order letting these barriers stay is set to expire on June 15, way before any new vote can happen. That vote back in March 2024 passed by just one vote, six to five, based on a resident's survey favoring the changes. But the barriers put in during the pandemic never got removed. Residents are split some love fewer cars for safer walking and cycling, especially for kids while others want the cycle way. Local groups like Spokes say segregated paths belong on busier roads and a safety audit

1:02flagged accident risks with a planned switch. The whole thing's been on hold since before Christmas. Now Greens want an urgent traffic subcommittee meeting before June 15 to keep everything in place under officer powers until a clean revote. They've tabled a motion for this week's transport committee briefing members on options to avoid tearing out the protections. Our convener Stephen Jenkinson says the committee will weigh at Thursday with mail pouring in from both sides. He's set on a fair path forward that keeps safety first for everyone on the roads.