Additional Traffic Management Arrangements as of 4 February

Please find below a summary of additional traffic management arrangements to accommodate site investigations works and utility diversions outside the main area of works.

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York Place to London Road
Leith Walk
Foot of the Walk to Newhaven
Footway works

YORK PLACE TO LONDON ROAD

UPDATE: York Place

As part of the next stage of works the York Place tram stop will be decommissioned. Trams will run from the Edinburgh Airport to West End until April 2022 and thereafter to St Andrew Square, until the new stop at Picardy Place becomes operational when the line to Newhaven opens in Spring 2023.

York Place to London Road

From Monday 17 January 2022 the site has extended from Picardy Place to York Place. The exit from Broughton Street to Picardy Place remains open. Access from Picardy Place to Broughton Street will not be allowed. This is scheduled to last 16 weeks (c. May 2022). Diversion routes for cars are in place via London Road, Leith Walk, Annandale Street, East London Street, East Broughton Street or via Leith Street, Princes Street, St Andrew Square, York Place, Broughton Street. Further diversions for buses and HGVs are in place.

A loading bay will be reinstated on Union Street.

LEITH WALK

Leith Walk - Cycleway Closure

To progress with construction of the permanent cycleway from Annandale Street to Foot of the Walk, we have closed the temporary cycleway for the full length of Leith Walk. As sections of the west footway open up the new cycleway will be in place. However, we advise cyclists to use the agreed diversion routes.

See the cycle diversion routes

Leith Walk – east side works

Works have commenced on the east side of Leith Walk. These require traffic to be diverted onto the newly installed western carriageway.

London Road to Annandale Street: Works commence w/c Monday 17 January. These will require the movement of a temporary bus stop location with pedestrian access maintained

Find out more about these works and see the traffic management plan (PDF)

Montgomery Street to McDonald Road: Works in this section started on 30 October 2021. There is no left turn into and out of Brunswick Street from Leith Walk. The crossing point north of the McDonald Road junction is located just south of the McDonald Road junction.

Find out more and see the traffic management plans (PDF)

McDonald Road to Crown Place: works on the east side expected to commence on 2 February.

In order to complete public realm works on the east side of Leith Walk, the following roads will be closing at their junctions with Leith Walk at certain times with diversions in place:

Dalmeny Street – as part of site set up there will be no access to Dalmeny Street from Leith Walk.
Iona Street – as part of site set up a full closure will be implemented.
Lorne Street - as part of site set up a full closure will be implemented.
Manderston Street – as part of site set up there will be no access to Manderston Street from Leith Walk.

As part of these works, the following roads will be reopening

Pilrig Street - will reopen with access/egress reintroduced heading south
Stead's Place - access reintroduced heading south

Find out more about these works and view the traffic management plans

Foot of the Walk to Crown Street

From Monday 8 November site lines were extended from Jane Street to Kirk Street to begin utility clearance and tram infrastructure works.

Vehicle access to Kirk Street / Cassels Lane & Casselbank Street will be maintained from Leith Walk for southbound traffic only in the form of a right turn to Kirk Street. Exiting from the above areas will be maintained via Kirk Street with a right turn onto southbound traffic on to Leith Walk. Additionally, there will be a left turn on to Great Junction Street. There is no access on to Duke Street. Drivers wishing to access Easter Road, Lochend Road and Vanburgh Place should use Manderston Street.

All parking and loading provision will be temporarily suspended between Kirk Street and Cassels Lane with no on street parking or loading facilities available on the running lane under the project’s Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO).

Find out more about the Jane Street – Kirk Street traffic management changes

Foot of the Walk – Temporary Traffic Lights

The carriage way at the Foot of the Walk junction was reduced to one lane traffic, controlled by temporary traffic lights. These arrangements are expected to be in place until Winter 2021/22.

Find out more about the Foot of the Walk traffic management changes.

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FOOT OF THE WALK TO NEWHAVEN

Coatfield Lane to Queen Charlotte Street

Main construction commenced on 26 January. Constitution Street is closed both northbound and southbound between Coatfield Lane and Queen Charlotte Street. No access will be provided at these closure points for any vehicular traffic including bicycles.

Queen Charlotte Street remains open under 2-way temporary traffic light control for east and westbound traffic for approximately four weeks from 26 January, thereafter a full closure at the junction will be required. The junction of Maritime Street at Bernard Street (by Café Marmalade) will open one way heading south to maintain traffic flows.

The pedestrian crossing on Queen Charlotte Street at the junction of Constitution Street is closed with a localised diversion in place.

Access to and from Coatfield Lane for local access only will be via Laurie Street and Constitution Street on a 2 way temporary traffic light control for north and south bound traffic. Loading bays will be available on Queen Charlotte Street.

View the traffic management plans (PDFs)

Bernard Street – Traffic Management Changes

On Wednesday 27th October works began on Bernard Street for the installation of attenuation pipes. The work site was extended west requiring the closure of Maritime Street at the junction of Bernard Street. To facilitate the works there have also been slight adjustments to the traffic flow in the area and parking restrictions have been put in place on Maritime Street at the closure.

Constitution Street - Constitution Place to Tower Street

This section has opened to traffic travelling in both directions from Baltic Street through to Ocean Drive at Rennie’s Isle/Victoria Bridge. There will be no parking, loading or stopping.

Tower Street Update:

On Wednesday 5 January, site was extended to the north side of the carriage way to facilitate the next phase of the attenuation pipes/drainage system works. Parking restrictions remain in place on Tower Street. Any affected parties have received direct communications from the project. The junction at Tower Street with Constitution Street remains closed. Parking on the Shore has been reinstated up to the corner of the Shore/Tower Street.

Constitution Street/Ocean Way west side

Works will be commencing on the Leith Doc Pillar at Constitution Street/Ocean Way (west side) on Thursday 10 February for approx. 2 weeks. To facilitate these works there will be adjustments the traffic management including a footpath closure. Access will be maintained by a localised pedestrian diversion.

Ocean Drive - Traffic Management at Stevedore Place

Phase 2 of the works on Ocean Drive at Stevedore Place between Tower Place and Constitution Place commenced on 26 July 2021. The site was established on the south side with traffic between Ocean Drive and Constitution Street running through the north side of Stevedore Place.

Ocean Drive - Traffic Management Changes

We've made revisions to traffic management on Ocean Drive to advance tram infrastructure works. This section of works has extended eastbound. Parking restrictions are in place to accommodate the new arrangements.

Find out more about traffic management changes on Ocean Drive.

UPDATE Renni'es Isle to Tower Place: Overead Line Equipment (OLE) foundation works are scheduled to commence in he coming weeks on the north side of Ocean Drive. Once completed works will move to the south side. The project will liaise direct wth residents over the coming weeks.

Ocean Drive – Traffic Management Changes at CALA Developments / Ocean Terminal

Three way traffic lights are in place adjacent to the CALA Developments. These arrangements are expected to be in place until early Spring 2022.

Find out more about Ocean Drive site extension.

Ocean Drive - Ocean Terminal

Changes to the exiting traffic management arrangements were made on 12 October to enable establishment of site on the northeast corner outside Cala Developments. These require a footway closure, with pedestrian and cyclist access being maintained via the west side of Ocean Terminal. Vehicle access will be maintained via the 3-way temporary traffic management arrangements.

Find out more about the Ocean Terminal traffic management changes.

Lindsay Road

From Monday 10 January 2022 parking and loading restrictions will be implemented on Lindsay Road under the project's temporary traffic regulation order (TTRO) until further notice. This is to accommodate the progression of associated tram infrastructure works in the area

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FOOTWAY WORKS

Montgomery Street @ Elm Row

We will be carrying out utility works on the footpath at the corner of Montgomery Street and Elm Row from Wednesday 2nd February for approx. 1 week. Access will be maintained by a localised pedestrian diversion.

Leith Walk west side

From week commencing 17 January fence lines on the west side of Leith Walk will be extended westbound at several locations between Balfour Street and Stead’s place to allow the progression of hard landscaping works. Pedestrian diversions will be in place. Most work areas will take approximately 3 weeks to complete.