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No CommentsFor the next five months Shandwick Place in the west of the centre of Edinburgh is closed for work to move the utilities for when the trams are going to be introduced in a few years time.The council, TIE and Lothian Buses were quick enough to produce alternative routes for cars and buses, however their alternative route wasn’t suitable for cyclists.On Friday they provided some written instructions without any maps, which they had done for the car drivers and bus routes.See below for a map with the council’s route drawn on top of Andy Allan’s rendering of the OpenStreetMap cycle data.
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Today is an election day in the Scotland. We are voting for new MSPs (Members of the Scottish Parliament) and local councillors.
For the Scottish Parliament Constituency vote, the BBC is providing a free txt alert system. (Choose you constituency, then reply to a text message to confirm that you want the message).
This year the council elections will be interesting as this year Scotland is moving from First Past the Post to the Single Transferable Vote (or proportional representation). Instead of putting a cross for the appropriate candidate, we are numbering the candidates with 1 for the candidate that we want, a 2 for the candidate that we want next, etc.
Lets see what the election brings about in terms of a potentially new government.
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See http://cpol.edinburgh.gov.uk/getdoc_ext.asp?DocId=65425
for the minutes of the meeting that the petition to get the 18 increased in frequency, increased hours and extended to Fort Kinnaird was handed in.It does not mention anywhere that a petition had been handed in!
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