East Lothian Council has successfully secured £1.4m of funding to introduce a series of temporary changes to streets to improve health and wellbeing so that everyone is able to move around their local area safely…
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Creating an off-road cycle route between Spott and Dunbar has potential for significant benefits for the communities in the area, including the opportunity for modal change of transport habits. Previous studies highlighted the inadequacy of…
Posted on Jun 19th 2020 by East Lothian Council By the 31st May we had received around 3000 contributions to the Commonplace website suggesting or endorsing temporary measures to provide additional physical distancing space in public places. Thanks…
Over 30 people from the village of Spott and nearby attended last night’s public meeting. A number of apologies were also received. Participants had a chance to express initial views and concerns about the Community…
Only two miles from the edge of Dunbar, but residents of Spott and other nearby villages have the huge barrier of not having any safe routes for cycling and walking. Spott Community Association is seeking…
Yes that will be fine to support as I know a massive percentage of kids in the area cycle/walk to school every day and having a improved facility to enable this is brilliant. Gareth Hill,…
The first step will be to try and establish landownership around Spott Village, to see if there might be an alternative to cycling along the narrow Canongate. If you can help, please get in touch…
We have been awarded the money to conduct a feasibility study to create a clear definition of the scope of the project, identify a potential route for the path, and write a brief for the…
For several years Spott Village Association had been keen to find a solution to make it easier to walk or cycle into Dunbar. An article in their newsletter attracted lots of support and so, in…
On behalf of East Lothian Council (ELC) we would like to state our support for Spott Community Association’s aim of having an active travel connection for walking and cycling from Spott village to Dunbar. Active…