Braid Road is to re-open before Christmas

I received the following update from the Council today.

Braid Road and Hermitage Drive will re-open to vehicular traffic (subject to final walk over inspection) on Wednesday 20th or Thursday 21st December. (I checked this evening and it is not open yet.) 

The update continues -

The new Tiger crossings are marked and combined lighting / Belisha beacon columns are in place but the crossings will not be in operation until the final Scottish Power connections are complete and the lanterns & beacons are installed. Appropriate signs will be placed on site to inform pedestrians, cyclists and the reduced level of vehicular through traffic over the Christmas and New Year period. 

Please note – the modal filter will be replaced on Braid Road (closing it to vehicular traffic North of the junction with Hermitage Drive) pending final proposal outcomes from the recent consultation.

Braidburn Terrace will remain coned off and closed at the junctions with Comiston Road and Braid Road over the festive period. Residents and access to the church will be via Greenbank Place.

I understand that works at the Greenbank Crescent/Comiston Road traffic lights junction will begin when the contractor returns in the New Year on 8 January and may take a month.  The main road will be closed in the evening and overnight during this period.

A lot of the pavement surfaces do not yet have their final top surface as there are still electrical connections to be made by Scottish Power and they can’t attend before 10 January. Other works on Braid Crescent, Braidburn Crescent and Greenbank Place are at various stages of completion.