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Here is a little more detail, drawn from the Transport & Environment Committee

13 November 2025 Report

There is an outline of the comprehensive Safe System approach to the Council’s road safety strategy, building protection around safe road users / safe speeds / safe roads and roadsides / safe vehicles / effective post-crash response.

This strategy links with a Safer Streets Prioritisation Process, a revised assessment framework which will be implemented in Q1 2026.

Appendix 1 to the Report lists individual schemes carried in the 2025/26 Plan. These include major projects, pedestrian crossings, speed reduction measures, school travel measures, speed limit reductions and accident investigation and prevention outcomes.

There will be further work on the adverse impact of an intended extension to the 20mph network on public transport service provision, with related delays to implementation.

Developers will be encouraged to fund and install directly improvements to road safety infrastructure where they fall due to contribute by way of section 75 Developer Contributions.

A new Pedestrian Crossing Assessment Framework is underway, with a further report due to Committee later in the year. The intention is that members of the public should be able, as a matter of course, to log new crossing requests to a ‘heat map’ so that the Council can track the listings and use them to build a programme for crossings delivery from 2026/27 onwards.

There will be additional assistance for schools in the preparation of their School Travel Plans.

The projected budget for all road safety projects in 2025/26 is posted at £6.7m.

This entry updates and corrects the 12 November item, and amends what was carried in the January 1 Grange Prestonfield Voice Newsletter.

The Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) to constitute the Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) S8 across our area is expected to be submitted for Council approval on 17 March 2026 . This is TRO/24/12. CPZ S8 would correspond with the current Priority Parking Area B1. It will not include Priority Parking Area B7, to the east of B1. CPZ S8 falls within Phase 3 of the Strategic Parking Review. A number of CPZs will be considered at this time. Where approved, the focus would shift to timescale for subsequent implementation.

We should clarify that a vote to approve the TRO will not open a statutory consultation period on that specific order. Mid-2025 ‘pre-engagement’ or advertisement of the proposals for the area is held to have constituted ‘consultation’. (This follows an April 2025 decision by the Council to dispense with its statutory duty to consult residents on the approved introduction of TROs in their areas.)

This is a long drawn-out and confusing process. We will look to add further clarification as we can.