The City of Edinburgh Council has the strongest overall rate of improvement of any Scottish urban council over the last three years, according to the latest data from Audit Scotland.
The figures are based on national performance indicators and show marked improvement in roads maintenance, street cleanliness, refuse collection complaints and recycling of municipal waste.
However, the council performed less well than for the net cost of refuse collection per premise and the number of complaints per 1,000 households regarding the household waste-collection service.
Compared with the nine other urban councils, Edinburgh has the highest number of indicators which have improved by more than 5% in the last three years, and the second-highest number of indicators that have improved by 15% or more. The council also has the least number of indicators whose performance has declined by 5% or more in that period.
Council leader, Jenny Dawe, said: ‘This rigorous analysis demonstrates very encouraging results. We must build on this momentum to truly become top-performing.’ Of the 80 ‘statutory performance indicators’, Edinburgh’s performance was assessed as good or average in 77% of service areas.
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