A720 EDINBURGH CITY BYPASS OVERNIGHT MAINTENANCE

April 12, 2022

  • Five-week programme commences 18 April 2022

  • Work to be completed over 17 phases

A five-week programme of overnight maintenance on the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass is scheduled to begin on Monday 18 April. The work will be carried out in 17 phases, 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, gully emptying, catchpit cleaning, weed spraying, road sweeping, pothole patching and repairs to signs and safety fences. 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)
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
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
11-May
20-May
Old Craighall Roundabout
1 night
Alternative lane closure
n/a
13-May
21-May
Sheriffhall Roundabout
1 night
Alternative lane closure
n/a
16-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
19-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
20-May
14-May
Lothianburn on slip to Dreghorn Westbound
1 night
Total closure
Lothianburn Jct – A702 – B701 Hunter Tryst – Dreghorn Link – Dreghorn Jct

 

Consultation has been carried out with emergency services and other relevant stakeholders to share information about the project in advance.

Tommy Deans, BEAR Scotland’s South East Network Manager, 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.”

Real time journey information is available from Traffic Scotland on www.trafficscotland.org, twitter at @trafficscotland or the mobile site my.trafficscotland.org.

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