Peebles: Safety hopes behind Campbells Dyke change offer

Peebles: Safety hopes behind Campbells Dyke change offer

The plan – part of the Tweed Trail river – is to develop a path to Haylodge Park for residents in the north of the city, the Kingsland Primary School and the Neidpath Road Parkplatz.

It includes space for a new goal in Campbells Dyke, the historic wall that separates the park from the A72.

Consideration regarding the need to hit a hole in the structure was expressed, with a gate already presenting the road 50 meters.

However, the Scottish Borderers Council (SBC) hopes that the new goal, the directly from the existing neighboring parrot pockets, which would cross directly into the park, would not lead to pedestrians next to the busy street.

A spokesman for the local authority said: “SBC proposes several improvements by Path Network in Haylodge Park. The work offers accessible path connections for the residents in the north of Peebles, Kingsland Primary School and Neidpath Parkplatz to the proposed new east-west path as part of the Tweed Trail river.

“The proposed upgrades are financed externally by Sustrans, and all designs are subject to a public consultation and a formal planning application.

“The proposed opening would be closed and a new access would be granted so that people can use the pedestrian crossing of the A72. The path from the eastern gate to the proposed hole in the wall results in an alternative path to the existing A72 footpath and creates a physical barrier along its length between pedestrians and the street. ”

On the proposed hole in the wall, Tweeddale West City Councilor Drummond Begg said: “In a city of Peebles, there are probably different views and it is important that it is important.

“Safety problems in Pelican Crossing were raised by residents and parents and examined by technical specialists to find the possibilities to solve the problems.

“Ideas emerged from the Peebles Active Travel Study-Insch, which was carried out from 2019 to 2023, an investigation of potential improvements in the entire Haylodge Park that reacted to problems that have been raised by residents in a number of engagement exercises, including parents and children who attend the Kingsland primary school.”

The River Tweed Trail project is to create a 113-mile route from Moffat to Berwick-Upon-Tweed.

A new section, which enables residents and visitors to travel between Priorsford Bridge and Gytes Leisure Center, was opened in February.

Under the suggestions for Haylodge Park, the new gate would lead down the slope on the rugby parking spaces on a path.

The route would continue to be the Foheringham Bridge and Priorsford Bridge.

The council's spokesman added: “The proposed path connection to the Fosheringham Bridge will be two meters behind the existing rugby pitch floodlights and will not have a direct effect on the playgrounds. The path connects to the lower paths, whereby a gentle gradient is much more accessible to pedestrians than the one. ”

There is currently a consultation on the Council's website.

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