Edinburgh bypass overnight closures for five weeks

Edinburgh City bypass is set to close overnight. <i>(Image: Supplied)</i>
Edinburgh City bypass is set to close overnight. (Image: Supplied)
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The A720 Edinburgh City Bypass is to close in phases between 8pm and 5.30am from Monday, April 13 until May 16 to allow for essential maintenance work.

The closures will take place on different sections during the five-week project, which will be carried out by BEAR Scotland on behalf of Transport Scotland.

Tommy Deans, south east network manager at BEAR Scotland, 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."



Maintenance will include litter picking, grass cutting, weed spraying, pothole patching, and gully emptying and catchpit cleaning.

Other tasks will include road sweeping and inspections of structures and the carriageway.

Further details on locations of the closures can be found online.

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