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IMPROVEMENTS to an increasingly busy junction on the A1 are unlikely to happen until housing in the area is complete. Calls have repeatedly been made for changes to the layout of the Belhaven junction, between the Thistly Cross and Spott roundabouts. Currently, drivers looking to join the A1 heading east may have to come to a halt before pulling out onto the 70mph dual carriageway. Dunbar Community Council and Hallhill Tenants and Residents Association have both called for Transport Scotland to have a rethink. Jacquie Bell, secretary of the town’s community council, said that more and more people were using the junction as Dunbar grew, with more housing planned for a site called Hallhill North. ....
NETWORK Rail has vowed that East Linton Railway Station will be open within four years – if it gets approved. A detailed planning application to allow a station to return to the village for the first time in more than 50 years was unveiled last month. Representatives from Network Rail attended a virtual meeting late last month, also attended by Dunbar and East Linton ward member Councillor Paul McLennan and more than 30 other interested parties, including East Linton residents. Members of the public were able to ask the development team a series of questions about the proposed development, which would be accessed by vehicles coming through Andrew Meikle Grove. ....
MORE than a dozen eggs and about 20 birds previously targeted for culling have been rescued from under a railway bridge. Work was carried out at the end of last week in a bid to stop pigeons roosting under the bridge on Dunbar’s Spott Road. East Lothian Council brought in contractors to carry out the work after concerns about the birds swooping down and startling drivers, as well as the pigeons’ droppings making the footpath under the bridge slippery and hazardous. Originally, a cull was considered but a petition against the idea was signed by nearly 3,000 people calling for a rethink. ....
More than 600 North Berwick residents took part in a survey regarding plans for a care village on the outskirts of their town with 97 per cent against it, it has been revealed. East Lothian SNP launched the survey after developers Goldcrest lodged an appeal with the Scottish Government over proposals rejected by East Lothian Council earlier this year. Councillor Paul McLennan, SNP Holyrood election candidate for the county, said he organised the survey after local residents raised concerns about the appeal with him. Goldcrest had applied for planning permission to build 152 residential and care units on fields at Castleton Farm, east of the town. ....