Developments in progress across the city

WORK HAS BEGUN at the Queen Margaret University site to create a new junction on the A1, providing access from both directions. The university is delivering an Innovation Hub in the Edinburgh Innovation Park in a partnership with East Lothian Council. Expect “traffic management” around here as the works will not be completed until December.

An online consultation about the proposed mixed use redevelopment of the former Leith Walk Tramway depot has been running over the Christmas period and will end on 3 January. cwpleith.com

The council is ploughing on with the development at Granton Waterfront and has advertised on Public Contracts Scotland for a development partner. Over the next decade or so this will create a new coastal town with 3,500 new net zero carbon homes. There are many constituent parts to the Waterfront all of which will have green credentials at the top of the wishlist.

A planning application is likely to be made next month for the redevelopment of Ocean Terminal (visual on left) where the owners, Ambassador Group intend to demolish one part of the car park, open up views from the building to the Royal Yacht Britannia and follow the principle of the 20 minute Neighbourhood already adopted by the council. The plan is to create a pedestrian centred waterfront with a mixed use community around it.