Borderers travelling to the capital this month should be aware of various sets of roadworks on or near the A720 City Bypass.
Overnight carriageway repairs on the southbound A1 at Old Craighall Junction are planned for the night of Friday 11 February between 20:00 and 06:30.
During these hours, traffic will be diverted off the A1 at Old Craighall Junction via the southbound off-slip road then back on again via the southbound on-slip road.
Tommy Deans, BEAR Scotland’s Network Manager for the South East, said: “A carriageway closure is necessary to allow us to complete these repairs safely, however we don’t expect these works to cause any significant delays to traffic as the diversion is very short. The work is weather dependent and subject to postponement in the event of adverse conditions.”
In addition three nights of work to renew the road surface on slip roads at Millerhill Junction on the A720 Edinburgh City Bypass are set to begin on Wednesday 23 February with all works to be completed by the morning of Saturday 26 February.
For the safety of road workers and motorists, the slip roads onto and off the eastbound A720 at Millerhill Junction will be closed between 20.30 and 06.00 each night.
Traffic wishing to exit the A720 eastbound at Millerhill Junction will be directed to continue eastwards on the A720 to Old Craighall roundabout and return via the A720 westbound to exit at Millerhill junction via the westbound off-slip. This will add approximately 2 minutes to affected journeys.
Traffic wishing to join the A720 eastbound at Millerhill Junction will be diverted via the A720 westbound to turn at Sheriffhall roundabout and return via the A720 eastbound. This will add approximately 3 minutes to affected journeys.
Mr Deans added: “These surfacing improvements on the eastbound slip roads at Millerhill Junction will address and repair defects in the road surface, such as potholes or cracks, creating safer and smoother journeys for motorists.
“Slip road closures are essential to ensure the safety of road workers and motorists, however to minimise delays we’ve planned the works to take place during night-time hours.
“We thank motorists in advance for their patience.”
Motorists are encouraged to plan ahead before setting out by checking the Traffic Scotland website www.trafficscotland.org for live travel information and allowing extra time for their journey.
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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