Google maps offer a feature called Streetview which enables people to walk through a place on their screen. It’s useful for getting a sense of a place or figuring out exactly where a particular feature is situated. If you use Google Maps you just move the little Streetview lady, called Peggy, over the map and […]
Streetview mapping of Dumfries’s gaps has started Read More »
This scheme opens up an old route that used to exist; a continuation of College Street into Market Square. The end of College Street became a car park, the barriers went up and crossing at the Maxwelltown side of the Buccleuch street bridge became a series of crossings back over Glasgow Street that take 5
Small change, big difference Read More »
I’m going to combine several pieces of the Better Streets schemes into one route (with a branch into town) because it helps illustrate some of the thinking behind the project. View plans and the online survey form | Jump directly to the survey form (reply before December 16) This is the longest continuous route and it stretches
Cornwall Mount to the river Read More »
The Better Streets public closes on December 16th. It took just over a year to get to the point where the 10 street improvement schemes were announced to the public. DPAG were happy to support the project as it closely aligned with our goals of getting more people into the town centre on a daily
Better Streets engagement closes December 16 Read More »
We would like to congratulate Cycling Dumfries on their excellent contribution to helping Dumfries move towards becoming more active travel friendly. They recently published a very comprehensive book called “Missing Links” which was distributed to elected members, council officers and an array of local decision makers. The book, which was funded from a public campaign,
Missing Links achievement Read More »
This summer is shaping up to be a Summer of Active Travel in Dumfries. The public consultations around work that the Council, SWestrans and DPAG have been doing with consultants, Systra, for the past year will start in the winter. The Council have been updating their traffic flow models and carrying out a parking review,
Summer of active travel? Read More »
