Question
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what discussions it has had with the City of Edinburgh Council regarding whether a pedestrian crossing might be appropriate outside the Canongate entra
S6W-32029 · SPCB Written Question · lodged by Greene, Jamie
Lodged on
05 Dec 2024Heard / answered on
19 Dec 2024To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what discussions it has had with the City of Edinburgh Council regarding whether a pedestrian crossing might be appropriate outside the Canongate entrance to improve the safety of the public, MSPs and staff who cross at this location.
The answer
There is a pedestriancrossing directly outside the Parliament’s public access to facilitate safetravel. The SPCB has not been asked to consider whether a secondpedestrian crossing would be appropriate. The current informationprovided by the City of Edinburgh council is that Canongate is being consideredfor redevelopment as part of a wider consultation through the Councils’ Streetallocation framework ‘Our Future Streets’. We anticipate that the SPCB will beapproached as part of the consultation process to assess and consider proposalsby City of Edinburgh Council when developed and provide comment as appropriate.
Answered by Claire Baker (on behalf of the SPCB) on 19 Dec 2024.