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.
Councillor Jack Caldwell met with the London Road Improvement Project lead last week to discuss outstanding items and further requested improvements.
There are proposals to redesign the junction at McDonald Road and Broughton Road.
Residents have been awaiting the remaining bus shelters to be installed on Leith Walk and Elm Row.
Cllr Caldwell and the Lib Dems won support for more scrutiny of the public realm (pavements and cycle lanes) around the tram works.
Councillor Caldwell has been instigating action from Canonmills to Easter Road.
Cllr Caldwell wants your views
The Liberal Democrat proposals to changes read "instead agrees that the existing 13 route should form part of the tender package."
As Student Housing in Ashley Place is refused, Cllr Caldwell highlgiths the need for affordable housing in the area.
Lorne Street, Dalmeny Street and Albert Street have emergency closures to traffic and some pavements.
Both Lorne Primary and Trinity Primary have RAAC identified within the building after Council assessments in the Summer.
Updates on the ongoing Trams to Newhaven project include bus shelters, trees and bike-lanes.
New bin hubs are being installed across Hillside and Broughton, after Leith, Bonnington and Pilrig last year.
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.
