Trees behind North Bughtlinside
A safety inspection of trees along the path at the back of North Bughtlinside has been completed.
Drum Brae/Gyle ward covers the communities of Barntongate, Bughtlin, Clermiston, Clerwood, Drum Brae, East Craigs, Forrester Park, North Gyle, Parkgrove, South Gyle and West Craigs.
Working as a team with Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP and Christine Jardine MP, local councillors Robert Aldridge and Ed Thornley are strong voices for the area and fight hard to get things done locally.
Ed has been a councillor since 2022, and lives locally in East Craigs. He believes in ensuring our communities across Drum Brae / Gyle ward receive the best possible Council services.
Together with Councillor Robert Aldridge, he is campaigning for:
He sits on the Culture and Communities and Planning Committees.
Robert has been a councillor for Drum Brae/Gyle for over 30 years and he lives locally in Barntongate.
Robert was unanimously elected as Edinburgh's Lord Provost, meaning he chairs meetings of the Council and is also the civic head of the city and the ex-officio Lord Lieutenant of Edinburgh.
Robert has a long record of service and action for and with the local community and he has a strong reputation for getting things done.
For all his time as a councillor, Robert has fought to protect local green spaces from development. Most recently he opposed the recently rejected development proposals for yet more housing on greenbelt at Cammo.
A safety inspection of trees along the path at the back of North Bughtlinside has been completed.
Many months after the lights-controlled crossing was installed, the promised double yellow lines leading from the junction up Drum Brae Drive have been installed.
The North Gyle Flood Study secured by the work of residents in the North Gyle Community Flood Group and the Lib Dem team has now been completed.
Over a year ago, utility works in Clermiston Park left a trench running through the park creating a trip hazard.
Much-needed road and pavement repairs across Drum Brae/Gyle are now underway, with several streets in the area already having been repaired.
Works have begun to upgrade sewer connections in North Gyle Terrace.
The list of roads and pavements across the city which will be repaired or resurfaced this year has been agreed.
On Thursday 25th April, the Council's Transport and Environment committee met to discuss a report on Parkgrove Drive.
After visiting several sites with both residents and council officers, the team are taking forward work to get areas across Drum Brae cleared up and better looked after.
The team have secured a commitment from the Council to install an additional street light on the path running between Fauldburn and Craigmount Avenue North.
The long-promised works to upgrade the junction of Maybury and Craigs Roads, originally promised to take place in April last year, have been hit by delay after delay.
The long-awaited Council report on how it proposes to deal with rat-running and the road surface on Parkgrove Drive is due to finally come forward at the end of April.