Leith Walk
Jack represents the Leith Walk ward, which covers Bonnington, Broughton, Hillside, Pilrig and South Leith.
He sits on the Housing, Homelessness and Fair Work and Regulatory Committees, the Lothian Valuation Joint Board and the Licensing Sub-Committee.
Jack Caldwell, 29, has lived in a council flat in the heart of the Leith Walk Ward since he was four years old, in 1997, attending the local schools, Boy’s Brigade and Scout troop. Jack’s workplace is just off Leith Walk, where he is an IT technician for a local independent arts charity.
Jack is an active volunteer in the area, running a local Cub Scout troop, and was an active member of the local Leith Community Council, which has recently seen him standing up to profit-driven developers. In this role he is working constructively with people and organisations across Broughton, Bonnington, Abbeyhill, Pilrig, Easter Road, Hillside, Powderhall and Leith.
Jack's fighting to get on top of the overflowing bins and recycling bins issues, improve pedestrian and cycling facilities like pavements and paths, stop people getting priced-out of the area by supporting new social-rent homes and affordable home ownership, sensibly regulate Short Term Lets to stem the depletion of existing housing stock, rapidly expand the amount of urban trees along Leith Walk and the nearby streets, ensure Leith Walk and North East Edinburgh recieves it's fair share of Council funding and to stop the cuts to local services, such as school budgets and communtiy police and obtain better communication from the Council on utility works, like the tramline installation.
From Councillor Jack Caldwell.
A recurring issue Cllr Caldwell has engaged with the Council on is the timings of the green men down Leith Walk and Elm Row, which is vital for all pedestrians, but particularly those with physical disabilities.
For the past year, Cllr Caldwell has consistently raised concerns at the proposal to re-route of off-duty buses down Green Street and Bellevue Place.
Many residents have been in touch with concerns about bins being placed outside flats and houses, and the noise and smell impact.
Resurfacing works will take place on the west end of Montgomery Street and north side of Brunswick Street in the coming week after efforts from residents and cross-party discussion.
Unfortunately there are further delays to the old Waste Transfer Station site on Broughton Road.
The Council has started work at the Leith end of Ferry Road after a long campaign.
The Council will be upgrading the path between St Mark's Park and the Water of Leith.
There have been calls for more environmentally-friendly IT usage from Edinburgh Council.
Councillor Jack Caldwell and the Lib Dems continue to push for improvements for residents' high street.
Councillor Jack Caldwell and the Edinburgh Lib Dems are calling for improvements to give tenement residents fairness when it comes to disposing e-waste.
Anyone who lives, works, studies or volunteers in Leith can now vote for new community projects.
Leith Walk ward Cllr Jack Caldwell has been getting fixes across the community.
We the undersigned call on the Scottish Government to commit funding to stop the practice of CSO dumping and Scottish Water to install more monitors as a matter of priority.
