Cameron Toll roundabout will be partially closed for three days this weekend.
Scottish Power is undertaking essential ducting work underneath the section of the roundabout between Lady Road and Dalkeith Road.
The City of Edinburgh Council has confirmed the works, and a diversion route via Lady Road, Craigmillar Park, Mayfield Gardens, Minto Street, Newington Road, East Preston Street and Dalkeith Road – the other side of the roundabout – has been put in place.
The city’s transport chiefs have said that the contractors will dig trial holes in the road during the closure and endeavour to install the ducting within the closure – with the road likely reopening on Monday.
The section of the roundabout between Lady Road and Dalkeith Road (underneath the railway line) will be closed this weekend © Google
However, if the results from the trial holes do not allow this, the ducting work will be rescheduled to next year, and the lane will likely reopen on Saturday evening.
The Cameron Toll roundabout is an important nexus for bus routes in the south of the city, so Lothian Buses has been forced to divert a series of bus routes.
The 12, 24, 33, 38, 49, and X33 buses will all be diverted around the roundabout.
Cameron Toll has been plagued by persistent closures over the years, with a collapsed culvert, emergency gas works, a hole under the carriageway, and an expansion to the overhead rail line have all forcing the roundabout’s closure over the past two years.
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