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Severe Weather Response in Pentlands
This page has been set-up to bring you updates on the work that the South West Neighbourhood staff are carrying out in response to the severe weather.
Other useful websites for updates:
City of Edinburgh Council ~ Severe Weather Pages
Lothian Buses
Forth One
Winter Maintenance Update - 31 December 2010
Operational Update
Across all wards, Task Force and Community Safety Concierge staff are removing the remaining grit from the temporary grit dumps. In addition to this, task force continue their normal duties. Specialist Services are assisting refuse in the removal of over spilling waste around communal bin areas.
Following the significant thaw over the last few days, contractors are focusing on the removal of snow piles.
Ward 2
Works completed 30 December 2010
Removal of snow piles in:
- Greenfield Crescent
- Thierpmuir Avenue
- Thierpmuir Place
- Thierpmuir Gardens
- Whitelea Road
- Whitelea Crescent
- Longstone Road
- Bavelaw Gardens
- Ravelrig Gait
- Ravelrig Hill
- Ravelrig Park
Core Roads
Core Roads have been focussing on scraping and gritting Category 3 Roads today. There has been no requirement to grit Category 1 and 2 routes.
Refuse Collection Update
Waste services resumed scheduled collections but experienced problems in some areas due to compacted ice therefore were unable to make all routine scheduled collections.
Specialist Services continue to work with refuse to remove overspill from communal bins in the South West area.
If you have an enquiry regarding refuse collections, please email:
Temporary strategic refuse collection points (skips) have been put in place across the city. Within the South West skips have been put into the following locations:
- Longstone - Old B&Q site
- Ratho - Baird Road opposite church
- Westside Plaza - located within the car park behind the shopping centre
- Sighthill Public Park
- Currie Library, Lanark Road West
- Deanpark Place, Balerno - top area car park next to play park
- Bavelaw Road, Balerno - car park next to the recycling bins
The link below indicates where these skips are located:
City of Edinburgh Council - Skip bin locations
Grit Dumps
Any grit remaining in the temporary grit dump areas will be cleared over the coming days.
Festive Period Arrangements
Life and Limb requests will be reported by members of the public via 0131 200 2000 during the following periods 25th - 28th December 2010 and 1st - 4th January 2011 and forwarded onto the relevant contractor covering that area. Between 29th December - 31st December 2010, requests should be made via Neighbourhoods direct (as per current arrangement) or via Core Roads Winter Emergency Mail Box -
Criteria for Emergency Responses
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Medical Emergencies
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If a customer needs to attend a hospital appointment for urgent treatment such as :
- A booked operation
- Essential follow-up treatment, e.g. wound dressing, chemotherapy
And the treatment cannot be carried out by the health service at home AND if the road is not passable by vehicles, we will seek to make arrangements to get the road cleared. Please note that we will expect customers to use taxis if necessary: we will not dig out private cars where a taxi can access the property.
Wherever possible we are asking customers to reschedule their routine appointments.
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Funerals
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We will be prepared to clear roads to allow a hearse to access property for a funeral cortege. We will not clear routes to allow people to attend a funeral.
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Police requests for urgent for road safety
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For example, where untreated ice has, or is likely to cause road accidents.
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Other emergency services
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Where access is urgently required by police, fire or ambulance services.
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Emergency utility works
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Emergency clearing to allow emergency works, e.g. access to broken sewers, gas leaks, or reconnection of heating equipment for elderly. This category is less likely as utilities normally arrange for clearance.
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For previous Severe Weather updates see below:
Winter Maintenance Update - 20 December 2010
Due to the heavy snowfall in the area over the weekend, we have reverted back to priority categories as detailed below:
- Outlying areas
- Multi-Storey Refuse Collections
- Individual life / limb medical emergencies
Operational Update
The following information is an update of works carried out by ward on 18 & 19 December 2010 and scheduled works for 20 December 2010:
Ward 2
Works carried out on 18 & 19 December 2010
Works carried out clearing footways / carriageways and laying grit:
- Baberton Avenue
- Thomson Crescent
- Deanpark Avenue
- Marchbank Way
- Marchbank Gardens
- Marchbank Drive
- Mansfield Road
- Woodhall Terrace
- Forthview Road
- Dolphin Road
- Muirwood Drive
- Riccarton Mains Road
- Pentland View
Scheduled works for 20 December 2010
Scheduled works to clear footways / carriageways and laying grit:
- North Street
- Bridge Road
- Deanpark Place
- Marchbank Gardens
- Dolphin Avenue
- Junction off Curriehill Road and Riccarton Avenue
- Forthview Road
- Dolphin Avenue Crossroads
- Thomson Grove
- Thomson Crescent
- Nether Currie Road
Ward 8
Works carried out on 18 & 19 December 2010
Works carried out clearing footways / carriageways and laying grit:
- Oxgangs Hill
- Oxgangs Green
- Comiston Springs Avenue
- Pentland Avenue
- Bonaly Road
- Bonaly Gardens
- Dreghorn Loan
- Oxgangs Road North
- Oxgangs Green
- Baberton Mains Wynd
- Pentland Gardens
- Comiston View
- Thornburn Road
Scheduled works for 20 December 2010
Scheduled works to clear footways / carriageways and laying grit:
- Bonaly Road
- Bonaly Grove (west end junction with Bonaly Drive)
- Thornburn Road (north end)
- Oxgangs Bank
- Pentland Drive
- Swan Spring Avenue
- Pentland Crescent
- Colmestone Gardens
- Fox Spring Crescent
- Fox Spring Rise
Road Services Update
Due to the heavy snowfall at the weekend, Road Services reverted back to category 1 routes. All category 1 routes were treated, ploughed & gritted. Road Services will commence work on category 2 routes.
Refuse Collection Update
Waste services resumed scheduled collections last week but experienced problems in some areas due to compacted ice therefore were unable to make all routine scheduled collections. The recent snowfall again will have affected access into routes within the area and will delay further scheduled collections this week. Further information to be provided once received from Waste Services.
Temporary strategic refuse collection points (skips) have been put in place across the city. Within the South West skips have been put into the following locations:
- Longstone - old B&Q site
- Ratho - Baird Road opposite church
- Westside Plaza - located within the car park behind the shopping centre
The link below indicates where these skips are located:
City of Edinburgh Council - Skip bin locations
We are currently identifying further sites for skips within the area and will provide information once the sites have been agreed.
Grit Dumps
Grit dump locations have been identified and we are currently working our way through the list below. Please note that due to the recent snow fall this will affect the sites that we have identified and the delivery of grit supplies.
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Bavelaw Car Park, Bavelaw Road, Balerno
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Existing recycling site
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Pentland View Car Park, Lanark Road West, Currie
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Existing recycling site
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Craiglockhart Road North/ Craiglockhart Gardens
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At closed off area
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Calder Court
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In parking area at no's 2/4
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Dumbryden Gardens
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In parking area opposite no 41
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West Bryson Road
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Harrison Park Car Park
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Broomhouse Place North
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In lay-by at shops
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West Gorgie Place
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Access off Hutchison Road.
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School Wynd Ratho
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Ratho Library car park
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Smithfield St @ Gorgie Road
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In Smithfield Street behind closed off footway at Gorgie Road
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Whitson Road / Balgreen Road
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Stopped off area of carriageway accessed off Balgreen Road
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Clovenstone Park
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In central parking area
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Lanark Road opp No 260
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In Dovecot Park, adjacent to bus lay-by
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