Improvements to the Council Website
4.3 Following approval of the 2026/2027 Transport Capital Investment Programme officers will arrange changes to the Council website to improve availability of accessible information relating to transport programmes across the service.
4.4 It is expected the design and navigation of the website will be revised to include annual capital works programmes, where available, and supporting information to explain how Council investment strategies defined and implemented. Ultimately, it would be desirable to provide website navigation that allows residents and businesses to search for planned and programmed works by location or specific search criteria.
4.5 The content of website improvements is expected to include, but is not limited to, information relating to:
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Roads and footpath resurfacing and improvements;
Transport and Environment Committee – 2 April 2026
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Street Lighting replacement and upgrades;
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Bridges and flooding schemes;
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Road Safety delivery programme;
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Local Traffic Improvement programme (local traffic mitigation projects);
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Traffic Signal schemes and upgrades;
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Tram investment and renewals strategy;
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Parking (bus lane camera upgrades);
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Public Transport infrastructure investment (bus shelters/real time etc);
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Active and Sustainable Travel Investment programmes; and
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Bus Priority projects
4.6 It is expected the necessary changes and improvements to the website could take a number of months to complete, with a range of available information introduced in phases. It is expected the
Improvements to the Traffic Regulation Order (TRO) process:
4.14 A further action relates to a review of the TRO process to make it more understandable and accessible for people to understand what orders are being promoted and to make the information and drawings easier to understand.
4.15 The statutory TRO process is a formal legal exercise and requires specific documents to ensure it is competent and the Council recognises that documentation in plain English can be made available to better explain the scope of the planned order.
4.16 Officers in the Traffic Orders Team recently introduced a “List of Measures” document that provides a clear explanation of each element of the respective TRO.
4.17 To further improve public communications officers are currently preparing new pages to be included on the Council’s website. The information, that should be available within the next six months, will provide a better explanation of the process with clear links to appropriate pages containing the list of promoted TROs, supporting information describing clearly how to submit comments or objections and relevant drawings etc.
4.18 The final element of the action related to providing councillors access to all existing TROs. Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide information for all operational TROs at this time. The TRO team procured and commissioned a new map based TRO system called Mapper in early 2025 with the majority of “non-moving traffic” orders now shown on the Streets map-based system. Further TRO Consolidation Orders will be required to update remaining historical written orders.
4.19 A more detailed report describing proposed TRO improvements is expected to be available at the June 2026 meeting.
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Public communication report--> democracy.edinburgh.gov.uk/documents/s9...
👍 Council promises improved
- website info (e.g. AT investment, resurfacing projects)
- TRO process
[see attachments]
But disappointing: "it's not possible to provide info for all operational TROs at this time"
