Edinburgh City Council has approved a comprehensive £30 million investment plan for road safety and infrastructure works in the upcoming year. The approved budget, outlined in the "Roads and Infrastructure Investment – Capital Delivery Priorities for 2025/26" and "Road Safety Delivery Plan 2025/26" reports, will fund a range of projects across the city.

The £25.686 million capital budget for road infrastructure will be allocated across six work streams:

• Carriageways and Footways (£18.161m): Focuses on road and pavement repairs.

• Street Lighting and Traffic Signals (£1.220m): Maintenance and improvements to the lighting and signal network.

• Road Structures (£1.545m): Maintenance of bridges, underpasses, tunnels, and gantries.

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• Road Operations (£2.460m): Drainage repairs, bus stop maintenance, and surface enhancements.

• Other Asset Management and Miscellaneous Spending (£2.3m).

An additional £12.5 million, agreed in February's budget, will be integrated into the programme to enhance paths, pavements, and road conditions. This follows a previous £12.5 million investment, which resulted in significant improvements to carriageways and footways in 2024/25.

The "Road Safety Delivery Plan 2025/26" allocates over £6 million to road safety initiatives. Key projects include addressing concerns at the Dalmahoy Junction, improving safe school travel infrastructure with additional pedestrian crossings, and implementing speed reduction measures, including new 30mph and 20mph speed limits.

The programme also prioritises accident investigation and prevention, reviews vacant school crossing sites, and provides road safety education and training.

Councillor Stephen Jenkinson, Transport and Environment Convener, said: "Our residents have made it abundantly clear that they want and expect continued investment in our roads network. Road safety also goes hand in hand with road condition and investment, with roads that are better maintained equalling safer roads for our children and young people. This is what I’m committed to delivering."

The report also outlines future plans for setted street refurbishments, including Frederick Street, Victoria Street, and the Shore.