A brief bit of news. We were not contacted directly by Council officers about this. The information was gleaned from papers for the forthcoming City of Edinburgh Council Transport and Environment Committee meeting to be held at 10.00am, Thursday, 14 October 2021. The paper is titled ‘Active Travel Investment Programme Update’.
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Powderhall Railway
Planned investment of £1.68m. However, the scheme was identified as not affordable within the funding constraints set out in the June 2019 papers.
Planned investment of £150,772 to develop designs up to the end of RIBA Stage 2 Concept Design in 2022/23.
Design development on the scheme will continue based on the Agreement in Principle (AIP) with Network Rail that the line is not in operation. However, the scheme requires lease and land negotiations with a freight operator and Network Rail prior to further design development and land acquisition by the Council.
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So that’s as much as we know just now. Presumably there may be a public consultation on the propsed designs at some future date.
Powderhall Railway Path Working Group 