Ban on traffic should remain say residents

Published on Friday 14 August 2009 10:03

A SURVEY of Penicuik residents has found that seven out of ten people want the town centre to remain pedestrianised.

Seventy-one per cent of the 3,000 respondents to a survey by SNP MSP Christine Grahame said they would like the town centre to remain closed to cars and also answered questions on a new zebra crossing situated at the town's Lidl store and the notorious Leadburn junction.

Ms Grahame said: "I have had a very good response from the consultation and a clear result in relation to pedestrianisation, the zebra crossing at Lidl and the Leadburn junction, which I have been pressing Midlothian Council to improve.

"The consultation has highlighted areas where people in Penicuik want to see improvements made. Among these have been improvements for disabled users and ideas to improve the presentation of the town centre.

"Concerns were also raised about the safety of the Leadburn junction which has been the site of many road accidents. Both of these I hope the council will seek to address as a priority."