Morningside's Traffic Filters: A Five-Year Saga

0:00It's April 2nd, Edinburgh news today starts now, AI-powered and ready. Edinburgh counselors are pushing for clarity on the long-running fight over traffic filters in Morningside's Bray to State. These modal filters popped up six years ago during the COVID pandemic to cut through traffic, but they split the neighborhood ever since. Two years back, the Transport Committee voted to scrap the filters and swap them for a segregated cycle lane plus calming measures. That plan hit a snag when the Standards Commission called out two nearby counselors for voting anyway, throwing the whole decision into question. Community views stayed deadlocked, with 161 objections, 143 supports, and seven neutrals in the latest tally. Groups like Blackford Safe Routes held a 40% traffic drop and safer pass for kids heading to school, while some residents gripe about rat, runs on narrower streets. On Thursday, the committee eyed three pass. Ditch everything for pre-COVID setup, revived the two-year-old removal plan, or kick it to

1:02the traffic. Regulation order subcommittee. They went seven to four for the last one, setting a meeting for June 2nd, just before the trial expires. That subcommittee will weigh keeping all, some, or none of the scheme permanent, aiming to finally settle this five-plus year saga and give folks the certainty they've craved.