{"id":942,"date":"2021-01-16T10:16:40","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T10:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spottdunbarpath.org.uk\/?page_id=942"},"modified":"2023-02-23T15:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:21:56","slug":"consultation-response","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/spotttodunbar\/consultation-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Consultation Response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Click &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/spottdunbarpath.org.uk\">Home<\/a> to return to the main site<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file alignfull\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/spottdunbarpath.org.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/Interested-in-better-cycle-paths-around-Spott-Dunbar-Consultation-report-v15dec20-for-publication.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Interested in better cycle paths around Spott &amp; Dunbar Consultation report v15dec20 for publication.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-06195ee3-2498-410f-92ba-d1509163a557\" href=\"https:\/\/spottdunbarpath.org.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/Interested-in-better-cycle-paths-around-Spott-Dunbar-Consultation-report-v15dec20-for-publication.pdf\">Interested in better cycle paths around Spott &amp; Dunbar Consultation report v15dec20 for publication<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/spottdunbarpath.org.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/Interested-in-better-cycle-paths-around-Spott-Dunbar-Consultation-report-v15dec20-for-publication.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-06195ee3-2498-410f-92ba-d1509163a557\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The following conclusions can be drawn from the responses given:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>There is overwhelming support (94%) for the creation of off-the-road paths for bikes and walking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People who live south of the A1 don\u2019t find it easy to get to Dunbar High St and the railway station.&nbsp; Those living north of the A1 tend to find it easier.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Very few people are happy to cycle on Spott Road and very few are happy about using the crossing at the A1 roundabout.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concerns over road safety, followed by poor surface, and availability of bike parking are the main barriers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>People who live south of the A1 aren\u2019t happy with their children cycling or walking to school currently.&nbsp; Those living north of the A1 tend to have more mixed responses, some being happy and others unhappy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If there were good quality off the road path, 95% of respondents said they would use them. Of those 34% said they would use them on a daily basis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over half of respondents said good paths would change their current mode of travel.&nbsp; The main changes would be from car to walking and cycling.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The main reasons for local travel were \u2018everyday\u2019 journeys to shops, school, medical, work or travel hubs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is strong support in Spott for new paths on agricultural land, a separate crossing of the Broxburn, and a safe crossing of the A1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There is strong support in Dunbar for safe cycle routes from Hallhill to schools &amp; the High St, improvements for pedestrian &amp; cyclists as well as reduction in traffic on Hospital Rd, and the installation of traffic calming on Countess Road and Abbey Rd.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall this consultation has shown that there is strong support for significant changes in path infrastructure provision in the Spott Dunbar corridor and more widely too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-47f9efef-1972-4bd7-a737-9707b0ee72bc\" href=\"https:\/\/spottdunbarpath.org.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/Interested-in-better-cycle-paths-around-Spott-Dunbar-Consultation-report-v15dec20-for-publication.pdf\">Interested in better cycle paths around Spott &amp; Dunbar Consultation report v15dec20 for publication<br><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c1dd7094-507c-4ea0-9246-623882801a33\" href=\"https:\/\/spottdunbarpath.org.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/Any-comments-on-your-travel-all-comments-verbatim-Appendix-2-Interested-in-better-cycle-paths-around-Spott-Dunbar-v15dec20-for-publication.pdf\">Your travel all comments verbatim Appendix 2 Interested in better cycle paths around Spott &amp; Dunbar v15dec20 for publication<br><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d1e41db9-4fe7-4921-9d1c-40412e4e2221\" href=\"https:\/\/spottdunbarpath.org.uk\/files\/2021\/01\/Anything-else-you-want-to-tell-us-in-this-context-verbatim-Appendix-3-Interested-in-better-cycle-paths-around-Spott-Dunbar-v15dec20-for-publication.pdf\">Anything else you want to tell us verbatim Appendix 3 Interested in better cycle paths around Spott &amp; Dunbar v15dec20 for publication<br><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click &#8211; Home to return to the main site The following conclusions can be drawn from the responses given: Overall this consultation has shown that there is strong support for significant changes in path infrastructure provision in the Spott Dunbar corridor and more widely too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":486,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"tw-no-header-footer.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-942","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/spotttodunbar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/spotttodunbar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/spotttodunbar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/spotttodunbar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/486"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/spotttodunbar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=942"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/spotttodunbar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/942\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1224,"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/spotttodunbar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/942\/revisions\/1224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourlocality.org\/spotttodunbar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}