Lasswade Road

Improvements

We are renewing the road surface on sections of Lasswade Road and Kirk Brae. The work will also change the layout of Lasswade Road between Ellen’s Glen Road and Captain’s Road.

This will make it better for walking, wheeling and cycling, in line with our City Mobility Plan and the recently agreed Our Future Streets circulation plan.

We will start work on 29 July 2024 and the project is expected to run for 15 weeks.

A summary of the work includes

• Renewal of the road surface from Peveril Terrace to Captain’s Road
• Pavement buildouts and raised side street crossings at Carnbee Avenue and Gracemount High School
• The introduction of one-way protected cycle lanes from Ellen’s Glen Road to Captain’s Road where feasible

Key dates

Week beginning 14 October

Lasswade Road closed from Captain’s Road to south of Carnbee Avenue, 7am – 7pm

• Lockerby Crescent at Lasswade Road closed daytime
• Lockerby Cottages at Lasswade Road closed daytime

Week beginning 21 October

Kirk Brae closed from Springwood Park to Claverhouse Drive, closed 24/7

• Kirk Park at Kirk Brae closed
• Wolrige Road at Kirk Brae closed
• Peveril Terrace at Kirk Brae closed
• Kenilworth Drive at Kirk Brae closed

Week beginning 28 October

Night shift surfacing from Kaimes Special School to Ellen’s Glen Road, 2-way temporary traffic lights, 7pm – 7am

• Ellen’s Glen Road at Lasswade Road - closed
• Carnbee Avenue at Lasswade Road - access will be managed
• Gracemount House Drive at Lasswade Road - closed

7 October 2024

Kirk Brae will be closed between Springwood Park to north of Claverhouse Drive from Tuesday 8 October to Friday 11 October.

20 September 2024

A section of Lasswade Road from Longformacus Road to Kirkgate will be closed daily during the hours of 9am to 5pm from Monday 23 to Thursday 26 September. The road will reopen on Thursday evening. Diversions will be in place.

6 September 2024

Little Road will be closed from Monday 9 until Friday 13 September. Diversions will be in place during this time.

There will be no access to Liberton Hospital car park and Mount Alvernia will be closed on Monday 9 and Thursday 12 September. 

From Monday 16 September Longformacus Road will be closed Monday to Friday and  diversion will be in place.

Keeping disruption to a minimum

Our core hours of work are Monday to Friday from 7am to 7pm. We would only need to work outside of these hours in exceptional circumstances and we will tell you if this needs to happen.

We will start work outside the main entrance to Gracemount High School so we can finish this section before the school restarts after the summer holiday.

We have been working closely with Kaimes Special School and it is highly likely that work directly outside the school will be carried out during the mid-term October break so there's no impact on pupil transportation.

Traffic management

Temporary traffic restrictions and management will allow us to safely carry out the work and keep disruption to a minimum. We apologise for any inconvenience. 

Advance information signs will be installed ahead of the work giving specific dates and locations of temporary restrictions.

Bus operators have been informed and information on diversion routes will be provided on the affected stops and on their websites.

Emergency services have been informed and they will continue to have access the local community.

Keeping in touch

For further details or updates, please contact

transport.designservice@edinburgh.gov.uk or Brendan.Forrester@edinburgh.gov.uk