Belhaven Active Travel Links
East Lothian Council (ELC) appointed Stantec in 2019 to develop design options to make it easier to walk and cycle around the Belhaven area in a safer and more inclusive way.
Their report, Safer Active Travel: Back Road, Dunbar (2019) | East Lothian Council, identified specific locations where there was a desire for improvements to junctions, pavements, and active travel access.
ELC have since commissioned Stantec to explore the options further, and work through a series of proposals for each location to arrive at a preferred design. The high-level costs calculated in the report make it clear that the full set of recommendations is not affordable for the council, and we will need to seek external funding for delivery. Additionally, we need to be clear that construction will be undertaken in stages, as funding become available, and therefore it is necessary to identify local priorities for implementation within the next few years.
Overview of proposed projects in Belhaven
An in-person engagement drop-in was held on 5 September, between 3pm and 7pm at Dunbar Town House Museum, and an online survey and paper-based surveys were available for four weeks to give as many people as possible within the local community an opportunity to view the designs and provide feedback to help prioritise interventions. The results of the consultation will be disseminated in due course.