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.
Cllr Caldwell and the Lib Dems have successfully pushed for the balance of spending to go more towards public infrastructure and services rather than tourism activities.
Approximately 21% of Primary School Teachers in North East Edinburgh (the 'Locality Area' that includes Leith Walk ward) are on fixed-term contracts in new figures obtained by Councillor Jack Caldwell.
A short update from Cllr Jack Caldwell on some of the ongoing work down Leith Walk.
With Edinburgh's rainfall increasing year-on-year, the Lib Dems are leading the charge for water management that puts equity at its heart.
There are many outstanding matters at Elm Row as part of the Trams to Newhaven tram works.
Councillor Jack Caldwell has been liaising with residents to get changes and improvements to the western end of Montgomery Street.
Brunswick Street will be reopened, but only westbound.
The local Liberal Democrats are pushing for more data to be published on the Water of Leith, especially around Canonmills and Bonnington.
Many constituents have raised concerns with Councillor Jack Caldwell regarding the workmanship of the pavements along the new tram route.
The Liberal Democrats believe the removed trees in Leith Walk should be replaced, where possible.
Councillor Caldwell has obtained information regarding the "border areas" of Leith's Controlled Parking Zone.
The Scottish Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Edinburgh North and Leith Mike Andersen has hit out at both the Royal Bank of Scotland and the TSB Group, after they respectively announced the closures of their last remaining branches in Leith.
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.
