Construction

The story shown below appears in the March Spurtle (Issue 359).

We contacted CCG for comment on 19 February. Their response arrived just after the paper had gone to press 5 days later.

In CCG’s reply on 24 February, a named representative of the company acknowledged human error as the reason for the 2-month delay in registering CCG as a Considerate Constructor at the Powderhall site.

Passing through:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0RtQRnZwSw 

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Dennis O’Keeffe is an independent construction and infrastructure advisor acting for Broughton Rd coffee-kiosk proprietor Yossi Mazon over the ‘sudden and unconsulted closure’ of St Mark’s Path (see our report here).

In an email dated yesterday and shared with the Spurtle and others, he has urged relevant community councils to:

Having spoken to the Powderhall development's site manager, Councillor Jack Caldwell (Ward 12) has now contacted the New Town & Broughton and Leith Central Community Councils, and other interested locals, with the update below.

While there’s nothing hugely substantial to report, I once again iterated the importance of either minimising closure of the path itself, or opening a better diversion due to concerns about the length of diversion and suitability of the currently posted route for wheelchair users, prams, and cyclists as