<div style="white-space:pre-wrap"><br>I agree that what the roads authorities call a "trunk road" is well defined, but I thought the term was (now) used slightly differently in OSM. However it looks as though the network in Scotland is very similar, but with remnants of the historical trunk road though Edinburgh still there.<br>This supports my proposal, but perhaps it should be extended to cover the A90 from the M90 spur right the way to the Bypass/A1 junction.<br>Regards, Donald</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 at 23:04, Robert Weetman <<a href="mailto:robert.wtman.88@gmail.com">robert.wtman.88@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    As I understand it what is and is not a trunk road is well defined -
    see here:<br>
<a href="http://www.transport.gov.scot/road/maintenance/key-facts-about-trunk-road-network-scotland#map" target="_blank">http://www.transport.gov.scot/road/maintenance/key-facts-about-trunk-road-network-scotland#map</a><br>
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    <div>On 19/03/2016 10:16, Donald Noble
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      <div dir="ltr"><span><span>A recent</span></span><span> note from </span>GinaroZ
        [1]<font color="#222222" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial,
          sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px"> highlights a short
            section of  Queensferry road is set to highway=trunk whereas
            most of it is primary. This short bit at the junction
            appears to have been missed missed in a changeset [2] by
            acsimpson "</span></font><span>Correcting Trunk roads
          to Primary Roads around West Edinburgh</span><span>".</span>
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        <div><font color="#222222" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial,
            sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px">Having looked again
              at the wii for Trunk roads [3], I propose that we should
              reclassify the sections of the A90, A902 and A199 within
              the city that are largely  bordered by houses to be
              highway=primary. These are important routes, but not "</span></font><span>high performance
            roads that don't meet the requirement for motorway".</span></div>
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        <div><span><span>This would affect
              this short stretch of the A90, the A902 (Telford/Ferry
              Road), and the A199 from Leith to Brunstane. I think that
              the north end of the dual </span></span><font color="#222222" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px">carriageway A1 ending in Brunstane
              is a suitable end point for the Trunk road.</span></font></div>
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        <div><font color="#222222" face="Helvetica Neue, Arial,
            sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12px">Any comments
              welcome, either here or on the note.</span></font></div>
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              <div><span><span>Regards,
                    Donald</span></span></div>
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              <div><span><span>[1] </span></span><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/529056#map=16/55.9611/-3.2875&layers=N" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/529056#map=16/55.9611/-3.2875&layers=N" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/note/529056#map=16/55.9611/-3.2875&layers=N</a></a></div>
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          <div>[2] <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/37078948" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/changeset/37078948</a></div>
          <div>[3] <a href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrunk" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dtrunk</a> </div>
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