That the Parliament welcomes the opening of the Roseburn to Union Canal active travel route on 9 December 2024 in Edinburgh; understands that the £17 million project has created a green corridor to improve walking, wheeling and cycling connections, bringing disused land back into use; commends the project for its efforts to improve spaces in the city centre, with Dalry Community Park seeing new play equipment installed; notes that 200 semi-mature trees have been planted along the route and that community gardens are planned for the Sauchiebank area, to improve biodiversity; believes that active travel is key to the wellbeing of communities and reaching net zero carbon emissions, and hopes that communities make good use of the Roseburn to Union Canal active travel route.
Supported by:
Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Alexander Burnett, Sharon Dowey, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Kenneth Gibson, Bill Kidd, Douglas Lumsden, Stuart McMillan, Marie McNair, Kevin Stewart, Paul Sweeney, Annie Wells, Tess White