Aims of the strategy refresh
The aims of the strategy refresh are to:
- complement wider area improvements and support a community wealth building approach
- improve the health and wellbeing of canalside communities
- support the delivery of the Scottish Canals Corporate Plan 2023 to 2028
- increase connections to, and knowledge, around the Union Canal
- recognise the Union Canal towpath’s role as an active travel corridor
- support the status of the Union Canal as a Local Nature Conservation Site and Edinburgh’s Nature Network aspirations
- support the Council’s wider regeneration work
Find further information on activities along the Union Canal and other information in the full strategy.