This is a different location. But it does explain why a lot of effort has gone into a potential diversion away from the path onto CCWEL.

I have seen the email to spokes and I think it’s misleading in that you can continue south to Russell rd but not via a continuous off road path.

What is interesting here is that
the path
- falls to 2m
- is described as for “walking and wheeling only” and, crucially
- ENDS - that’s right, this route would make cyclists cross the tram tracks, go onto Balbirnie Place (a road, not a shared use path) before going under a tunnel……

They have now uploaded maps of the route. Looks like a very non ideal solution south of what would be Roseburn station all the way to Russell Rd

The cross section document describes certain bits of the active travel path next to the trams as for “walking, wheeling and cycling” and other bits as for “walking and wheeling only”……hate to use a trigger word but…..cycling discouraged? 👀

This is a big issue and it degrades the connection to and utility of the Roseburn to Union canal link.

We have a o/s query with the trams team re. whether the path widths mentioned in the documentation rely on a reduced track bed / narrower trams. This pinch point would become a ❌ if trams wider

Good to know it is possible with alternate single line working 👍

Thanks for highlighting - this analysis shows that concerns that the dean bridge can’t take a tram are unfounded.
If the bridge can take the heavy load vehicles that currently use our roads, it can take light rail. Just like the south bridge.