YOU ARE RECEIVING THIS LETTER BECAUSE YOU WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED 300 HOUSE DEVELOPMENT BY WALKER HOMES (DALHOUSIE MAINS HS10) IN THE FIELDS BEHIND GLADSTONES GAIT. WALKER HOMES ARE PROPOSING APPROX. NEW 300 HOUSES BE INTRODUCED TO OUR ESTATE WITH MAIN ACCESS TO THESE NEW HOMES ALONG THE EXISTING ENTRANCES OF BAIRDS WAY, THEN THROUGH GLADSTONE GAIT.
(INFORMATION ON THE PLANS CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WALKERGROUPCONSULTATIONS.CO.UK/DME/INDEX.HTML )
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?
INCREASED RISK WITHIN ESTATE FOR CHILD, CYCLIST, PETS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, DUE TO THE ABOVE TRAFFIC
(INFORMATION ON THE PLANS CAN BE FOUND AT HTTPS://WALKERGROUPCONSULTATIONS.CO.UK/DME/INDEX.HTML )
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?
- ISSUE - 600 MORE CARS USING BAIRDS WAY AND THE ALREADY CONGESTED SURROUNDING DISTRIBUTOR ROAD & COCKPEN ROAD.
INCREASED RISK WITHIN ESTATE FOR CHILD, CYCLIST, PETS AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, DUE TO THE ABOVE TRAFFIC
- PROPOSAL - THE BUILDERS SHOULD BE FORCED TO BUILD A NEW ENTRANCE INTO THE FULL 300 HOUSE ESTATE FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR ROAD OR THE A7 AND NOT ALLOW TRAFFIC INTO THE EXISTING ESTATE THROUGH BAIRDS WAY/GLADSTONES GAIT.
- ISSUE - ACCESS IN AND OUT OF BAIRDS WAY IS ALREADY TOO BUSY AT BOTH ENDS, TRYING TO TURN RIGHT UP THE DISTRIBUTOR ROAD AND COCKPEN ROAD IS SIMPLY DANGEROUS AND VERY TIMELY. ANOTHER 600 CARDS WILL MAKE IT EVEN WORSE AND INCREASE THE RISK OF ACCIDENTS.
- PROPOSAL - THE BUILDERS NEED TO FUND ROAD UPGRADES TO INTRODUCE ROUNDABOUTS AND/OR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT MEASURES AT BOTH ENTRANCES.
- ISSUE - 500+ MORE CHILDREN AT THE EXISTING FULL PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND LASSWADE HIGH SCHOOL.
- PROPOSAL - THE BUILDERS NEED TO FUND SCHOOL EXPANSION AT THESE SCHOOLS TO COPE WITH THE ADDITIONAL CHILDREN.
- ISSUE – THE EXISTING DOCTORS SURGERIES ARE OVER-UTILISED, ALREADY 2 OUT OF 3 SURGERIES AT BONNYRIGG MEDICAL CENTRE ARE CLOSED TO NEW PATIENTS. LOCAL ROADS ARE OVER UTILISED ALREADY. THE EXPANSION OF 800 NEW RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE EXISTING STRETCHED RESOURCES
- PROPOSAL - THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO CONSIDER DELAYING ANY NEW HOUSING ESTATES FROM BEING BUILT UNTIL THE EXISTING MEDICAL FACILITIES & ROADS ARE UPGRADED