Edinburgh Airport access road

[gchree]

Edinburgh Airport has long had an ambition to get a D2 access road and they’ve restated it.

Interestingly, this article quotes Transport Scotland as saying it could tie in with planned improvements at Gogar and the surrounding road network.

Anyone have any idea over what that could entail?

https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/ ... -1-4857684

[James]

Theres plenty of space so i'm guessing they would just dual the existing road on-line.

I've been through there many times and its a pretty naff road for no obvious reason considering the space availble and the importance of the airport

[Euan]

The area can get really congested, particularly the A8 between Gogar and Newbridge approaching the airport. Traffic often tails back along the M8 well to the west of J2 during the Royal Highland Show in June. The airport access road is definitely due an upgrade given just how heavily used the airport is now.

[scott125]

Should really be a spur from the M8 to the airport ,so that traffic avoids Gogar/Gyle and Newbridge roundabouts

[Bertiebus]

Last year I had to meet someone at the airport whose flight landed around 8.30am on a weekday. It took me over an hour to get from where the M90 joins the M9, past Newbridge roundabout to the airport... a distance of approximately 3.5 miles.

Purely down to commuter traffic.

[AndyB]

I do agree that direct access from the M8 would be preferable, but I’m not sure, having used it a bit myself, that widening the existing airport access road would do much good. Surely the problem is getting past Gogar - or even getting through the roundabout past the traffic trying to join the A8 - rather than racing down the access road to the car park entry barriers?

[Euan]

Should really be a spur from the M8 to the airport ,so that traffic avoids Gogar/Gyle and Newbridge roundabouts

The A8 between Newbridge and Gogar really is not that suitable for the levels of traffic it takes. It is hard to imagine what it would be like now had the M8 never been extended to the Edinburgh City Bypass. Somewhere just to the east of Ratho would be ideal for a new junction if there was ever a new link to the airport.

[jnty]

Planning permission refused for now. I'm not really sure how they managed this, especially the conflict with "Development Proposal T9, Gogar Link Road" - as far as I understand it this is essentially the safeguard for the new road they're trying to build!

1. The nature of the proposed development is contrary to the existing National
Planning Policy 3, the Strategic Development Plan and the Local Development
Plan (LDP) specifically Policy Emp 4 - Edinburgh Airport in that it is not
supported by an approved airport master plan. The application does not accord
with the West Edinburgh Strategic Design Framework (WESDF) 2010 and other
local development policies relating to transport and coordinated development.

2. The proposed development would be contrary to Local Development Plan (LDP)
Policy Des 2, Co-ordinated Development, parts a) and b) and would fail to
deliver coordinated development in West Edinburgh. The application is
premature and may compromise the development plan strategy for West
Edinburgh.
The strategic design context of the route has not yet been fully established and
it is not yet possible to demonstrate how the proposal would successfully
integrate with the development of adjacent land or potentially contribute to the
delivery of green-blue networks.
3. The proposed development would be prejudicial to the implementation of Local
Development Proposal T9, Gogar Link Road specifically the delivery of
proposed new roads, network improvements and public transport proposals.
The proposal is thereby contrary to LDP Policies Tra 10 - New and Existing
Roads, Tra 7- Public Transport Proposals and Safeguards, Tra 8 - Provision of
Transport Infrastructure, part a) and Tra 9 - Cycle and Footpath Networks. The
proposal has failed to address the objectives of the WETA Refresh Study 2016
in that it has not demonstrated how a multi-purpose link required to support long
term development in West Edinburgh would be delivered.
4. The proposed development would be contrary to Local Development Plan (LDP)
Policies Des 1, Design Quality and Context, Des 8, Public Realm and
Landscape Design, part c) and has not addressed requirements of the
Edinburgh Street Design Guidance. The overall design concept has not sought
to draw up the positive characteristics of the surrounding area or demonstrate
how it would contribute to a sense of place. The application proposal is based
on a functional road design which has prioritised movement before place. The
proposals have not been supported by a landscape strategy to provide a context
for the route nor has a robust landscape structure been proposed, with minimal
levels of tree planting identified.

[jackal]

The layout is here: http://citydev-portal.edinburgh.gov.uk/ ... 843065.pdf

Basically your bog standard development road that has absolutely no business being connected to Gogar.