CITY CENTRENeighbourhood Environmental Projects

2013-14 Overview

Environment Forum17th December 2013

Revenue/Capital/NEPs Budget

• Revenue– Funding from income such as Housing rent, Parking charges taxes etc

– Funds repairs to our assets

• Capital– Funding from Scottish Government

– Funds replacement of assets or extension of its life

• NEP’s– SFC needs to consult effectively with residents in order to deliver services at a local level. Local Neighbourhood teams

enable us to plan and organise services and projects at a local level to meet the needs of local people.

– The programme enables local communities to have a direct input into local projects.

– For a potential project to be considered it should not just maintain the existing structure or asset but add value to it.

– £85,000 budget per Neighbourhood Partnership

King’s Stables Road

King’s Stables Road

• Due to existing road layout it is very difficult to gain access to St Cuthbert's

Church from King's Stables Road. Access is only available via Lothian Road

• Promote a new Traffic Regulation Order to allow access to St Cuthbert's by

moving the no entry restriction. New signage and changes to the road

layout required.

• Project due to start February 2014 for a 2 week duration

• Estimated cost of £20,000

King’s Stables Road

High School Yards

High School Yards

• High School Yards have been blocked up for a number of years due to anti

social behaviour.

• Edinburgh University have approached CEC to re-open these as part of a

major development.

• New gated entry, new railings & fencing, new street lighting and structural

repairs

• This project is being part funded by Edinburgh World Heritage and

Edinburgh University

• Estimated cost £50,000

• Estimated start date in February

High School Yards

Thistle Street

Thistle Street

• Resurfacing of carriageway and footway

• Carriageway raised to footway level to improve pedestrian access and

reduce traffic speeds

• Project Co-ordinated to allow Scottish Water to replace mains water

supply (Start 6th January for 8 weeks)

• Project start of 17th February for 12 weeks

• Estimated £160,000 (Part funded by Roads Capital Budget)

Thistle Street

Abbey Street

Abbey Street

• Remove concrete flags from footway and resurface with tarmac

• New footway surface will improve access for elderly and for the

primary school

• Project starts in February for 1 week

• Funded by additional £50k NEPs budget

• Estimated cost of £15k

Abbey Street

Heriot Bridge

Heriot Bridge

• Uplift the tarmac and replace with caithness stone the back area of the

estate

• Repaint the car cark area to enable disabled parking to be near the

parking entrance and to provide a bike store at the far end.

• Replant shrub bed at the front of the estate.

• Paint the railings to the Heriot Bridge garden.

• Replace a section of fencing on the back wall.

• Estimated to start in January

• Estimated cost of £34,000

Housing Funded NEPs ProjectsBrowns Close - New water tap Lochend Close – Garden redesign & clean up

Housing Funded NEPs ProjectsChessels Court – New steps India Place Allotments – secure entrance and new

trees to be planted

Summary

• NEP – Neighbourhood Environmental Projects

• £85k per Neighbourhood Partnership Area

• Funded from the Roads Capital Budget

• Gives autonomy of spend to deliver Neighbourhood priorities

• Projects should be driven by the local community

• Projects should be Roads related

• Can combine funding with internal / external sources

• Housing Revenue Account - £21k

• Preparation of a 3 year programme of projects