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John Gillespie

Edinburgh city bypass sections closed for maintenance works from late April to May

Roadworks crews will be closing sections of the A720 City Bypass overnight as they carry out essential maintenance.

The closures will span almost a month from April to May as the city sections off parts of the bypass to conduct maintenance and cleaning.

Work is set to begin on the April 18 and will be carried out across 17 phases, with the project expected to conclude on May 21.

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While some sections of maintenance will occur over the course of multiple days, carriageway closures will only be in place at night between the hours of 8pm until 5.30am.

Traffic Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland has been hired to perform the maintenance.

The closures will be used to carry out a number of routine but essential maintenance tasks. Including road sweeping, pothole patching and repairs and maintenance to signs and safety fencing. As well as inspecting structures and the carriageway for more significant issues.

These works are designed to clean up the carriageways and roadsides to reduce long term traffic management problems, which would likely cause more disruption in the long term than the maintenance.

A spokesperson for BEAR Scotland said:

“It’s essential for safety that we close the carriageway while these works are carried out, however we’ll be taking advantage of the closures to carry out as many routine maintenance tasks as possible at once.

“We’ve also split the works into phases so that only the minimum length of carriageway has to be closed on any given night.

“If you are planning to use the bypass at night over the next few weeks, our advice is to check what restrictions will be in place and allow extra time for your journey if necessary.

“We thank road users and the local community for their patience and understanding.”

BEAR has previously worked with traffic Scotland to maintain the Scottish trunk road network since 2001.

The full details of closures and diversion routes for the trunk road can be found below:

Start

End

Location

Duration

Traffic mgt

Diversion route (if applicable)

18-Apr

19-Apr

Gogar to Hermiston on slip Eastbound

1 night

Total closure

Gogar Rbt - South Gyle - A71 Calder Jct to South Gyle - Calder Jct

19-Apr

20-Apr

Calder to Gogar Link Road

1 night

Total closure

Divert via Dreghorn and return

20-Apr

21-Apr

Gogar to Calder Link Road (including near side lane closure up to Calder)

1 night

Total closure

Divert via Hermiston Gait Roundabout

21-Apr

23-Apr

Hermiston to Dreghorn Eastbound

2 nights

Total closure

Calder Jct - A71 Calder Rd - B701 Wester Hailes Rd - B701 Gillespie Rd - B701 Redford Rd - Dreghorn Link - Dreghorn Jct

24-Apr

25-Apr

Hermiston to Dreghorn Eastbound

1 night

Total closure

Calder Jct - A71 Calder Rd - B701 Wester Hailes Rd - B701 Gillespie Rd - B701 Redford Rd - Dreghorn Link - Dreghorn Jct

25-Apr

26-Apr

Dreghorn to Lothianburn on slip Eastbound

1 night

Total closure

Dreghorn Jct - Dreghorn Link - B701 Hunters Tryst - A702 - Lothianburn Jct

26-Apr

27-Apr

Lothianburn to Straiton on slip Eastbound

1 night

Total closure

Lothianburn Jct - A702 - B701 Frogston Road - A701 Burdiehouse Rd - Straiton Jct

27-Apr

30-Apr

Straiton to Sheriffhall Rbt Eastbound

3 nights

Total closure

Straiton Jct - Lang Loan - Lasswade Rd - Gilmerton Station Road - A772 - A7 - Sheriffhall Rbt

02-May

04-May

Sheriffhall to Old Craighall Eastbound

2 nights

Total closure

Sheriffhall Rbt - A7 - B6415 Old Craighall Rd - Old Craighall Rbt

04-May

06-May

Old Craighall to Sherrifhall Rbt Westbound

2 nights

Total closure

Old Craighall Rbt - B6415 Old Craighall Rd - A7 - Sheriffhall Rbt

06-May

07-May

Sherrifhall Rbt to Straiton Westbound

1 night

Total closure

Sherifhall Rbt - A7 - A772 - Gilmerton Station RD - Lasswade Rd - Lang Loan - Straiton Jct

09-May

11-May

Sherrifhall Rbt to Straiton Westbound

2 nights

Total closure

Sherifhall Rbt - A7 - A772 - Gilmerton Station RD - Lasswade Rd - Lang Loan - Straiton Jct

11-May

13-May

Straiton on-slip to Lothianburn on-slip Westbound

2 nights

Total closure

Straiton Jct - A701 Burdiehouse Rd - B701 Frogston Rd - A702 - Lothianburn Jct

13-May

14-May

Lothianburn on slip to Dreghorn Westbound

1 night

Total closure

Lothianburn Jct - A702 - B701 Hunter Tryst - Dreghorn Link - Dreghorn Jct

16-May

19-May

Dreghorn to Gogar Westbound

3 nights

Total closure

Dreghorn Jct - Dreghorn Link - B701 Redford Rd - B701 Gillespie Rd - B701 Wester Hailes Rd - A71 Calder Rd - Calder Jct

19-May

20-May

Old Craighall Roundabout

1 night

Alternative lane closure

n/a

20-May

21-May

Sheriffhall Roundabout

1 night

Alternative lane closure

n/a


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