Cameron Toll roundabout to partially close for up to a month
Disruption at Cameron Toll roundabout is set to increase this week – with up to four weeks of additional road works affecting the majority of the roundabout.
Resurfacing works got underway yesterday in the surrounding area – seeing three legs of the busy roundabout close to traffic. It comes seven weeks after the section between Peffermill Road and Old Dalkeith Road closed following the discovery of a collapsed culvert underneath the road.
The road works will be located on Peffermill Road, Lady Road and Dalkeith Road. Drivers will still be able to travel westbound from Old Dalkeith Road to Lady Road, with both entrances to Cameron Toll Shopping Centre remaining open. Lothian Buses and Border Buses will have diversions in place for at least three weeks.
The resurfacing works are expected to be completed by early May with the full roundabout to be operational by May 10. The council told the Evening News that the bus lane camera on Prestonfield Avenue will not be in operation for the duration of the resurfacing works. The footpath under the rail bridge between Peffermill Road and Old Dalkeith Road will remain closed.
The City of Edinburgh Council wrote on social media: “We’ll begin work to resurface the road at Cameron Toll roundabout on April 2. Work is already underway there to repair a collapsed culvert. Full and partial road closures and diversions are in place at the roundabout until 10 May (Lady Road, Peffermill Road and Dalkeith Road).”
Works to repair the collapsed culvert beneath the roundabout commenced on March 4, with the complex project involving diverting water from the Pow Burn, removing 200-yearold masonry sections of the culvert and rebuilding the structure with reinforced concrete.
The Peffermill Road and Old Dalkeith Road arms of the roundabout were closed on February 13 following an inspection of the rail bridge, with the Scottish Road Works Commissioner forecasting works would take 21 working days. But after further challenges were identified during an initial investigation, the works period was later extended to 64 working days.