Leith Walk & Constitution Street

The Edinburgh Evening News of 25 August carried a story under the headline:

Bus fare 'tram tax' on agenda in leaked proposals

and discusses the contents of a leaked proposal document which considers funding options for the Roseburn to Granton tram line extension (Line 1b).

Councillors had discussed a number of options to meet the £55m anticipated shortfall to build Line 1b including the selling-off of Lothian Buses, or including a 'levy' on bus passengers.

The Edinburgh Evening News of 22 August carried an article under the heading:

Masons aim to dislodge tram works from their doorstep

which discusses the possibility that the Edinburgh Masonic Club on Shrub Place Lane might raise an interim interdict against the City of Edinburgh Council and tie to prevent the tram works from blocking access to their premises.

An article appeared in the Edinburgh Evening News on 15 August under the title:

Part time Post Offices rubber stamped as more branches go

The article reflects the feelings of community and traders to the closure of Post Offices across Edinburgh and the Lothians. Included in the list of closures is Elm Row Post Office, and Alan Rudland, Vice-Chairman of the Association is quoted in the article.

Where gas mains have been moved as a consequence of the MUDFA works, for safety reasons connections from the main into individual properties must be replaced.

Carillion as contractor for tie are responsible for the MUDFA works and SGN(Scottish Gas Network) are responsible for the domestic supplies (i.e. the tenement buildings). There are currently a number of Turriff sub-contractors on Leith Walk undertaking the replacement work.

The Association has today had a meeting with Turriff to discuss the extent of the works and timescales:

Stair numbers 253, 303 and 313 will remain unfinished to be completed at a later date. They will be back-filled meantime. Turriff have been told by tie to concentrate on stair numbers 41, 85 and 89 plus four commercial properties. The expectation is that they will be done and dusted by the end of next week, though probably not back-filled.

Turriff have been requested to keep disruption to a minimum, however vans require to be kept close to work sites to allow access to tools and safety breathing apparatus.