BEAR Scotland, acting on behalf of Transport Scotland, is carrying out essential landscape works to remove potentially hazardous trees. These works have been extended to incorporate recent storm damaged trees, and to continue to improve the health of the avenues at Hermiston Gait Interchange.
The scheme will resume on Wednesday 20 March for three nights until Friday 22 March, between the hours of 21:30 and 05:30 each night.
During these works, various closures will be in place for safety at Hermiston Gait Interchange, with diversion routes signposted as detailed below.
| Date | Location | Work hours | Traffic management |
| 20 March | M8 Junction 1 Hermiston Gait eastbound off-slip to City Bypass North | 21.30 to 05.30 | Traffic will be diverted on to Hermiston Gait Roundabout and then the first exit to City Bypass North
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| 21 March | A720 northbound and southbound carriageways above Hermiston Gait Roundabout
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21.30 to 05.30 | Traffic in both directions will be diverted off the A720 onto Hermiston Gait Roundabout and then immediately back on again
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| 22 March | Slip road from Hermiston Gait Roundabout onto City Bypass South
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21.30 to 05.30 | Traffic will be diverted from Hermiston Gait Roundabout via the exit to City Bypass North to join the A720 southbound at Gogar Roundabout |
Access for emergency vehicles will be maintained at all times.
Tommy Deans, BEAR Scotland’s South East Network manager, said: “It is essential for safety that we close these roads at Hermiston Interchange while we remove potentially hazardous trees and improve the woodland areas.
“We understand that this will be disruptive and have planned the works to take place at night when traffic flows are lower to reduce the impact.
“The nature of the works will result in a slight increase in noise levels and we apologise in advance for the inconvenience this may cause.
“We thank road users and the local community for their patience and understanding.”
All works are weather dependent and subject to postponement in the event of adverse conditions.
Real time journey information is available from Traffic Scotland at www.traffic.gov.scot, or on X at @trafficscotland.
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