Papers of the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning, 1963-1983
Scope and Contents
Papers of the City of Edinburgh Working Party on Major Highway Planning consists of:
- minutes, reports and correspondence, (1964-1976)
- City of Edinburgh Planning and Transport Study - reports, (1971)
- collected reports concerning transportation planning in Edinburgh, (1963-1983)
- plans: Tollcross CDA development brief, (1970)
- scenic drawings of plans for Edinburgh's Grassmarket (1963)
Dates
- Creation: 1963-1983
Creator
- Corporation of the City of Edinburgh, Working Part on Major Highway Planning. Working Party on Major Highway Planning (c1964-1976) (Organization)
Language of Materials
This material is in English
Physical Description
3 files and 2 folders
Conditions Governing Access
Material relating to living individuals may be restricted under the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Biographical / Historical
The first Statutory City Development Plan of 1949, and its successors, recommended major highway improvements for Edinburgh. Plans were discussed and redrawn over a long period. The Working Party on Major Highway Planning was set up to consider the alternatives and advise the local authority on transport strategy. The Eastern Link Road, from St Leonard's to Calton Hill, was of particular interest to the University of Edinburgh as it occupied property affected by the Link and its feeder roads. Resolution of the Eastern Link Road issue was critical for the finalisation of the layout of the University / Nicolson Street Comprehensive Development Area. Percy Johnson-Marshall represented the University's interests as expert planner on the Working Party. One of Johnson-Marshall's own proposals was for a new carriageway through the Grassmarket for which he commissioned perspectives from Alexander Duncan Bell, in 1963. The Eastern Link Road was abandoned in 1977.
Extent
From the undefined: 3 metres
Physical Description
3 files and 2 folders
Archivist's Note
None
Higgins, Sarah 04 June 2003
Creator
- Corporation of the City of Edinburgh, Working Part on Major Highway Planning. Working Party on Major Highway Planning (c1964-1976) (Organization)
Subject
- Bell, Alexander Duncan, 1930 -: (architectural illustrator) (Person)
- Corporation of the City of Edinburgh, Working Part on Major Highway Planning. Working Party on Major Highway Planning (c1964-1976) (Organization)
- Corporation of the City of Edinburgh (1921-1975) (Organization)
- University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) (Organization)
Repository Details
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