Dear Sir or Madam,

I would like to know the number of times temporary traffic lights have been in place at the traffic light junction at Eskbank road and Buccleuch street, dalkeith. I would like this information for the last 3 years.

Yours faithfully,

stephen buggy

Dear Mr Baggy,

Request for Information under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA) - Ref F/1033

I refer to your Freedom of Information Request to this Council received on 7 April 2008 requesting information regarding the use of temporary traffic signals at the Eskbank Road / Buccleuch Street junction for the three year period 7 April 2005 - 7 April 2008.

Records indicate that temporary traffic signals have been used on 5 occasions.

Please be advised that an applicant who is dissatisfied with the way in which Midlothian Council has dealt with the request for information under Section 1(1) of the FOISA, by virtue Section 20 of the FOISA, may require Midlothian Council to review its actions and/or decisions in relation to that request. Details of Midlothian Council's complaints procedure under the FOISA are set out below.

Midlothian Council's Complaints Procedure under the FOISA:

An applicant who is dissatisfied with the way in which Midlothian Council has dealt with his/her request for information under section 1(1) of the FOISA, may, by virtue of Section 20 of the FOISA, require Midlothian Council to review its actions and/or decisions in relation to that request.

If you wish Midlothian Council to review its actions and/or decisions with respect to your request for information, you should write to the Director, Commercial Services or other official whose name is printed at the top of this letter. That official will arrange for your application for review to be considered. Thereafter he will write to you informing you of the decision by not later than twenty working days after receipt of your request requiring that a review be made. By virtue of Section 21 of the FOISA, you will be provided with a statement of reasons for arriving at the decision made.

Your request for review should reach Midlothian Council by no later than 2 July 2008.

Requests for review must be in writing (or in another form which has some permanency and is capable of being used for subsequent reference eg audio/video tape recording). You must:-

* state your name and address for correspondence;
* give details of the information which you originally requested from Midlothian Council; and
* state the reasons why you are dissatisfied with the way in which your application for information has been dealt with.

Your Right to Complain to the Scottish Information Commissioner:

Under Section 47 of the FOISA, a person who is dissatisfied with the outcome of their request for review by the Council may apply to the Scottish Information Commissioner to determine whether their request (or any part of it) has been properly dealt with.

An application to the Scottish Information Commissioner must be made in writing (or in another form having some permanency eg an audio/video tape recording) within six months of receipt of a Section 21 Notice by the applicant. The applicant must specify:-

a) his/her name and address for correspondence;

b) the request for information to which the requirement for review by Midlothian Council related;

c) the matter which gave rise to the applicant's dissatisfaction with the way in which Midlothian Council dealt with their original request; and

d) the matter which gives rise to the applicant's dissatisfaction relating to the review by Midlothian Council.

The Scottish Information Commissioner can be contacted at:-
Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS
(Telephone - 01334 464610; Fax - 01334 464611; Email - [email address]<mailto:[email address]>)

Ian Thomson
Senior Consultant
Midlothian Council
Commercial Services - Roads
Dundas Buildings
62A Polton Street
Bonnyrigg
EH19 3YD
Tel : 0131 561 5295
Fax : 0131 654 2797

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