Why is Edinburgh so filthy?

[Pretty Boy]

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I had complimented the council earlier in this thread as I saw them cleaning out drains, now they have "fixed" the roads about me I'm taking it back, fixing them amounts to a thin layer of bitumen being rolled on the ground then layers of small stones being rolled into it, two weeks later and there are still stones everywhere, walked into people's houses, all over their tyres and cars, on the pavement

it's peeling up and cracking and the roads are actually in a worse state than the pre works condition, it resembles some random country lane rather than a road smack bang in the city, shambles

I have never been able to work out how decisions are made about road resurfacing/repairs in Edinburgh. Two recent examples spring to mind:

They resurfaced Newcraighall Road and Niddrie Mains Road a few months back. Badly needed done, the road has taken a hammering from HGVs delivering to Fort Kinnaird, heavy machinery travelling to all the new houses being built at Newcraighall, The Wisp, Shawfair etc and the increased traffic that comes with that. Not long after they also resurfaced a big chunk of Duddingston Park South from the mini roundabout at the Jewel down towards Milton Road West. Again badly needed done. But for some reason I can't figure there is a big section between said mini roundabout and the crossroads at the Wisp that they have just left, not only left but because they used it to park all the plant machinery on it's actually in an infinitely worse state than when they started. I just don't get why you would resurface 2 long drags of road and leave a near half mile section between the 2 parts untouched.

Second one is my parents street got totally resurfaced a couple of years back. Road and pavements. It's a long street, just under a mile end to end, so the cost wouldn't have been insignificant and it did need done. However it's a road to nowhere really, a residential street that people only drive on if they live there or are visiting. The main road through the area is a busy road and a main thoroughfare to the Bypass and years later it's still untouched and it's like driving on the surface of the moon. I just don't get why a quiet residential street would be prioritised over a busy main route (not that my parents were complaining but even they were a bit baffled by the decision making).

And don't even get me started on the out and out corruption when it came to replacing the setts on Brighton Place in Portobello

[Jack]

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I have never been able to work out how decisions are made about road resurfacing/repairs in Edinburgh. Two recent examples spring to mind:

They resurfaced Newcraighall Road and Niddrie Mains Road a few months back. Badly needed done, the road has taken a hammering from HGVs delivering to Fort Kinnaird, heavy machinery travelling to all the new houses being built at Newcraighall, The Wisp, Shawfair etc and the increased traffic that comes with that. Not long after they also resurfaced a big chunk of Duddingston Park South from the mini roundabout at the Jewel down towards Milton Road West. Again badly needed done. But for some reason I can't figure there is a big section between said mini roundabout and the crossroads at the Wisp that they have just left, not only left but because they used it to park all the plant machinery on it's actually in an infinitely worse state than when they started. I just don't get why you would resurface 2 long drags of road and leave a near half mile section between the 2 parts untouched.

Second one is my parents street got totally resurfaced a couple of years back. Road and pavements. It's a long street, just under a mile end to end, so the cost wouldn't have been insignificant and it did need done. However it's a road to nowhere really, a residential street that people only drive on if they live there or are visiting. The main road through the area is a busy road and a main thoroughfare to the Bypass and years later it's still untouched and it's like driving on the surface of the moon. I just don't get why a quiet residential street would be prioritised over a busy main route (not that my parents were complaining but even they were a bit baffled by the decision making).

And don't even get me started on the out and out corruption when it came to replacing the setts on Brighton Place in Portobello

Same with pavements. CEC has been pretty keen on going the whole hog replacing them when there's no apparent need.

Outside my old house in Halmyre Street (and various nearby streets) was totally redone much to the surprise of those that lived there.

More recently Lochend Road pavements have been totally rebuilt. It wasn't perfect but it wouldn't take long to find other pavements or roads where the money would have been better spent.

As for muck ups there's no better example than the sort of pedestrianised section of Elm Row. Redone for the trams it's already been dug up numerous times and there's two big sections being done just now, again. And that doesn't take into account at least 75% of the slabs at the edge of the pavement are broken or moving.

[hibsbollah]

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Same with pavements. CEC has been pretty keen on going the whole hog replacing them when there's no apparent need.

Outside my old house in Halmyre Street (and various nearby streets) was totally redone much to the surprise of those that lived there.

More recently Lochend Road pavements have been totally rebuilt. It wasn't perfect but it wouldn't take long to find other pavements or roads where the money would have been better spent.

As for muck ups there's no better example than the sort of pedestrianised section of Elm Row. Redone for the trams it's already been dug up numerous times and there's two big sections being done just now, again. And that doesn't take into account at least 75% of the slabs at the edge of the pavement are broken or moving.

At the top of my street there was a textured slab (textured for blind pedestrians i believe) badly laid not flush so it created a permanent brutal trip hazard right next to a busy road. I reported it on the council website and when i went up there a few days later it had already been fixed. So there are some good examples of council responsiveness as well.