A five-week programme of overnight maintenance on the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass is under way and will be completed in phases up until the morning of 16 May, with overnight closures on a different section of the bypass in each phase.
Transport Scotland’s operating company BEAR Scotland will use these closures to carry out a variety of routine maintenance tasks and to tidy up the carriageways and roadsides, reducing the longer-term need for traffic management on the bypass and resulting in less disruption overall.
Works to be carried out during these closures include litter picking, grass cutting, gully emptying, catchpit cleaning, weed spraying, road sweeping and pothole patching. The closures will also allow for inspections of structures and the carriageway.
Overnight closures will be in place on the dates and locations listed below, from 20:00 until 05:30 each night. Diversion routes will be signposted where indicated:
| Start | End | Location | Duration | Traffic mgt | Diversion route (if applicable) |
| 23 Apr | 26 Apr | Straiton to Sheriffhall Rbt EB | 3 nights | Total closure | Straiton Jct – Lang Loan – Lasswade Rd – Gilmerton Station Road – A772 – A7 – Sheriffhall Rbt |
| 28 Apr | 30 Apr | Sheriffhall to Old Craighall EB | 2 nights | Total closure | Sheriffhall Rbt – A7 – B6415 Old Craighall Rd – Old Craighall Rbt |
| 30 Apr | 1 May | Old Craighall Roundabout | 1 night | Lane closures | N/A |
| 1 May | 3 May | Old Craighall to Sherrifhall Rbt WB | 2 nights | Total closure | Old Craighall Rbt – B6415 Old Craighall Rd – A7 – Sheriffhall Rbt |
| 5 May | 6 May | Sheriffhall Roundabout | 1 night | Lane closures | N/A |
| 6 May | 9 May | Sherrifhall Rbt to Straiton WB | 3 nights | Total closure | Sherifhall Rbt – A7 – A772 – Gilmerton Station RD – Lasswade Rd – Lang Loan – Straiton Jct |
| 9 May | 10 May | Straiton On Slip to Lothianburn on slip WB | 1 night | Total closure | Straiton Jct – A701 Burdiehouse Rd – B701 Frogston Rd – A702 – Lothianburn Jct |
| 12 May | 13 May | Lothianburn on slip to Dreghorn WB | 1 night | Total closure | Lothianburn Jct – A702 – B701 Hunter Tryst – Dreghorn Link – Dreghorn Jct |
| 13 May | 16 May | Dreghorn to Gogar WB | 3 nights | Total closure | Dreghorn Jct – Dreghorn Link – B701 Redford Rd – B701 Gillespie Rd – B701 Wester Hailes Rd – A71 Calder Rd – Calder Jct |
Consultation has been carried out with emergency services and other relevant stakeholders to share information about the project.
Tommy Deans, BEAR Scotland’s South East Network Manager, said: “It is 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 diversion is required 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.”
Real time journey information is available from Traffic Scotland at www.traffic.gov.scot, or on X at @trafficscotland.
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