{"id":151596,"date":"2025-06-02T08:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/151596\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T08:07:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:07:18","slug":"edinburgh-city-bypass-breakdown-triggers-rush-hour-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/151596\/","title":{"rendered":"Edinburgh city bypass breakdown triggers rush hour delays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A breakdown on the Edinburgh city bypass has triggered rush hour <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/traffic-and-travel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:delays;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">delays <\/a>with motorists warned that queues are beginning to build.<\/p>\n<p>One lane of the A720, near Lasswade was closed on Monday morning after a lorry broke down on the major road at around 6:45am on July 2.<\/p>\n<p>The westbound lane remains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghlive.co.uk\/all-about\/traffic-and-travel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:blocked;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">blocked <\/a>by the vehicle and morning commuters are being warned to approach the area with caution.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/robbie-williams-wife-ayda-gives-154342535.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Robbie Williams&#039; wife Ayda gives one-word take on Edinburgh as couple take in sights;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robbie Williams&#8217; wife Ayda gives one-word take on Edinburgh as couple take in sights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/lotto-winner-jane-park-makes-163707216.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lotto winner Jane Park makes cheeky jibe as Robbie Williams song choice divides crowd;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lotto winner Jane Park makes cheeky jibe as Robbie Williams song choice divides crowd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Traffic Scotland have confirmed delays, estimating travel time at approximately 25 minutes at the site of the breakdown.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the travel information with motorists on X (formerly Twitter), they wrote: &#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/A720?src=hashtag_click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:#A720;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">#A720<\/a> -Lasswade Lane One (Of two) remains blocked Westbound due to a broken down lorry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Traffic now beginning to build on approach, with a travel time of (Appx) 25 mins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They went on to share that recovery for the broken down lorry has been arranged.<\/p>\n<p><b>  Join <a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/DBFongo3zQS6P8RfPA1ryO\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Edinburgh Live&#039;s Whatsapp Community here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Edinburgh Live&#8217;s Whatsapp Community here<\/a> and  <\/b> <b> get the latest news sent straight to your messages. <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A breakdown on the Edinburgh city bypass has triggered rush hour delays with motorists warned that queues are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":151597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,23097,4884,64696,712,16,15,64697],"class_list":{"0":"post-151596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-edinburgh-city-bypass","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-lasswade","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-westbound-lane"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114612748511418020","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}