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.
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.
Ed believes in ensuring our communities across Drum Brae / Gyle ward receive the best possible Council services. A well-known face on the doorstep, Ed has been standing up for West Edinburgh and has helped ensure local people are listened to at all levels of government.
Together with Councillor Robert Aldridge, he is campaigning for:
He sits on the Culture and Communities and Planning Committees.
The local Lib Dem team have started a petition to gather signatures in objection to the develop proposals to turn over hundreds of acres of greenbelt land to more housing.
The new lights at the junction of Drum Brae and Drum Brae Drive have now been in place for a few months, and it’s become clear which elements are and are not working.
The planned upgrades to the path running from Torwood Crescent to Meadow Place Road have been further delayed.
After concerns were raised by residents, the Lib Dem team have been working to secure Council action on speeding on Gogarloch Road.
There has been progress lately in addressing long-running problems with road surfaces and marking in Parkgrove, but more needs to be done.
The ‘mini flood study’ secured for North Gyle is now moving ahead, and engagement with the North Gyle Flood Group has begun.
The well-used paths around East Craigs are much loved by residents, but are not always the most accessible.
Energy works on the path between Mearenside and Burnside have left the path unusable and the grass around the edge increasingly muddy and slippery.
Work to widen and provide lighting on the path running from Torwood Crescent towards the school and Meadow Place Road has been heavily delayed.
The Lib Dem team are continuing efforts to get speeding tackled on Maybury Road.
Residents have been left frustrated that the worst section of the road surface still hasn't been fixed.
Concerned residents have continued to raise the lack of crossing patrols across the area, but especially on Drum Brae North.
