It's been a long time coming, but thanks to some determined local people an area of valuable green space in Currie now has a detailed maintenance plan which will ensure it can be properly enjoyed by everyone in the community.
Working through Edinburgh Council's wilding policy has not been straightforward, but there is now a commitment from the local authority to cut the grass verges every two weeks at the patch of land between Curriehil Castle Drive and Currievale Drive, keep the open areas down to four inches and to clear the flower meadow areas every 12 weeks after a dieback.
It doesn't sound like much, but failure to care for common spaces quickly makes an area feel unkempt and so encourage anti-social behaviour like littering and fly-tipping and worse.
Groups like the Currie Green Spaces, a community council subcommittee, make their presence felt across Edinburgh and without them the Council wouldn't be able to cope. But by working in partnership with willing council officers, they achieve so much to improve their communities.
So, hats off to the volunteer Ken Brown for the many hours he's put in to to secure the maintenance deal and to the Council's parks department for listening to local concerns, laid out in a 25-page action plan which gave their petition real substance.
