I have lived in Murrayfield for 20 plus years and as a resident I totally oppose the cycle lanes on Roseburn Terrace - being unable to stop outside these small local shops will crucify these businesses and rob the shopkeepers of their livelihood....some of which have been trading for 30 plus years. The alternative route via Balbirnie is by far the most sensible and safest option.

it's completely unnecessary to make a new cycle track here when a better alternative already exists; maybe the planners hadn't noticed it?

This idea will lead to more congestion. More pollution and will in fact be more dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians.

I own a property in this area and I also use the shops and local facilities. The road through Roseburn is a main arterial route into and out of town and is extremely busy with buses, cars, vans,taxis and cyclists. To condense the motorised traffic into 2 lanes will cause utter chaos and frustration for all non cycling people trying to go about their normal business. I am utterly opposed to this protected cycle track idea.

Roseburn is a community and one of Edinburgh s urban villages. It relies on its local shops and facilities to define its character and community. Without visitors to these shops and facilities being able to be stop outside these shops and facilities they will not survive. Also,other than stopping outside these units there is no way to service the retailers and cafes. The area also has quite an elderly element to its population who depend on the convenience of the local facilities. Please do not make matters worse when there is a sensible alternative for the cyclists. Thank-you.

What's the point in adding to the bottleneck at Roseburn AND adding to the risks cyclists face with extra traffic entering and exiting Wester Coates when the new Donaldson's development is opened. (Building works have started already). This is a classic case of non-joined-up thinking: why move cyclists from a safe route to the busiest and most polluted route in Scotland? And if you doubt that last bit, why don't you come along any day and find out how many of the parked taxis are keeping their diesel engines running while they queue - there's usually at least ten in the queue, which sometimes stretches back 200 yards.

As an occasional cyclist it annoys me that CEC think they are helping cyclists by playing silly buggers by painting bike lanes all over the place,while ignoring the road surfaces all over the city. This not only damages car suspension,but gives me sore hips and shoulders. The money squandered by CEC is nothing short of grotesque.

I've lived in the area for the last 6 years and use the shops at Roseburn frequently. To my mind this idea for a cycleway is ridiculous. Firstly the bottleneck at Roseburn is awful as it is and that will only increase, meaning more polution on a main highway. Secondly it will kill businesses (any argument against this is deluded) as no one will be able to stop and shop. The chip shop, the cake shop, the roseburn fry, scotmid will all have to close (people don't park elswhere and walk to use these shops - there's nowhere to park anywhere else and it's easier to drive 2 mins along the road and use another shop that you can stop at). This is purely a box ticking exercise by the council - if they were serious about cycle lanes they would (and should) have built one that runs along next to the tram line which would have been safe, secure and no traffic. Even if they go ahead with the roseburn part that doesn't solve the problem of actually getting there - i.e before you get to that part you have to cycle along St Johns road which is highly dangerous, so unless you cycle path the whole of st johns road then what's the point of a little bit from Roseburn into haymarket?! I cycle a fair bit and stay off the main roads, using the existing cycle paths, it doesn't take much longer and it's far safer. They should be encouraging people onto the existing cycle paths instead of building new ones.