Actually, the speed limit is 40 on the dual carriageway at that point.
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Posted 6 years ago #
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Actually only towards Barnton.
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It's 70 under the bridge in both directions. 40 limit kicks in just as the road drops heading to town and starts just after the Cramond Brig heading towards Queensferry. Of course, the 40 was brought in to limit the damage to the new Cramond Brig before the reinforcement works there were carried out and has remained ever since.
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I'm splitting hairs but heading into town it's 40 under the bridge. The signs are a few metres before the bridge:
Posted 6 years ago # -
Haha! I had considered checking! In any case, still 70 up the hill.
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Heading into town, the first 'traffic' type camera, is not until the onslip just before the Pub turn off, for traffic still use this section of sign-to-enforcement* as a slowing down section.
* I understand the camera is only a trafficlight camera not a speed camera, as the local law enforcement occasionally park a speed detector van on the layby, where all and sundry park their advertising vans.
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Diversion will be via underpass and sliproad
Good work all :-)
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Excellent!
EDIT: Cllr Work has emailed me another diagram, which suggests (if I'm reading it right):
There will be a 30mph speed limit.The "safety zone" will be 1.2m, which doesn't sound very wide, but will probably suffice.
Safety zone will be coned off, and cones will be "roped, not taped".
The bus stop will be closed.
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Fantastic work @Harts and everyone else.
It looks from the tweeted diagram that the 2-way track will take most of the length of the slip, and vehicles can only pull into the slip just before the exit ramp. This is excellent because when I went to take a look at the route, cars were using the full length of the slip road at high speed. It wasn't comfortable.
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Great work Harts Cyclery, Frenchy and others who contacted the council / councillors to get this sorted out.
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"The bus stop will be closed"
That makes sense in a safety sense. Hope it doesn't inconvenience more people than it helps!
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If you go to Google streetmap & have a look at the underside of the bridge it certainly doesn't look too healthy!
Don't know what is happening with the gates. One gate unlocked yesterday. Both unlocked today & I think I saw a Royal Mail van drive across.Posted 6 years ago # -
Coming past tonight it appears traffic might be about to be diverted over the top of the junction. Lots of cones ready to go before the bridge in either direction.
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This is the company named on the diagram Cllr Work tweeted -
http://hbsscotland.co.uk/road-safety-barriers-scotland/traffic-management-jobs
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Seems ALL traffic currently being diverted -
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superb work on this thread, chapeau
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"superb work on this thread"
Seems so.
Just shouldn't have been necessary!
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Noticed the bollards today on driving to Fife. On the way back however I spotted someone, having followed the bollards, walking his bike on the grass to get to Cramond Brig.
Anyone know if the underpass is actually signed as part of this? It's fairly well hidden if you don't know it's there.
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"Anyone know if the underpass is actually signed? It's fairly well hidden if you don't know it's there."
Good point, it's very much round the corner of the corner.
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I don't know about the signs at the west side but if they are similar to the east side I can see why someone might not find the underpass:
(There's three separate diversions signed in that picture)
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There's no diversion? /s
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not only does it make no sense, its also getting in the way of the substandard width shared-use pavement.
over the dyke with it.
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the more you grok this, the more ludicrous it gets
is that preposterous anti-sign supposed to just stay there obscuring the national route one cycle path for a year or more, til they fix the bridge ?
council officials and deployment crews are living on planet feckwit
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From Cllr Work
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Confirmed that barriers will be provided but cones in place as temp measure. Route will be shared, speed reduced to 30mph while cones out.Speed will be raised to 40mph when barriers are up. I did ask if it could be kept at 30mph. Hope the system works ok. Let me know
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Norman Work (@CllrNormanWork)
19/05/2017, 5:38 pm
@CyclingEdin @SpokesLothian Have asked all signs to be checked and corrected if need be."
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This is obviously good.
Didn't realise how easy it was to alter speed limits!(?)
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Norman Work (@CllrNormanWork)
19/05/2017, 5:29 pm
@CyclingEdin @SpokesLothian Council have put out cones today and reduced speed limit. Solid barriers still to be put in place and proper signage should be correct."
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reggie tricker (@reggietricker)
19/05/2017, 18:48
#fakenews @CyclingEdin @hank_chief am vs pmhttp://pic.twitter.com/BGy4PyoYwi
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Posted 6 years ago # -
Anyone ridden it yet? I'll probably go out that way for a wee blast this evening and see what's what.
Posted 6 years ago # -
I cycled the diversion from Kirkliston direction this afternoon, it is so nearly useful for me.
My recumbent handcycle has limited ground clearance and unfortunately there isn't a dropped kerb at the closed bus stop to allow access onto the path which goes around and through the underpass.
I managed to get through by waiting for a gap in the oncoming traffic, dodging around the cones on the A90 to turn into the army road and then managed to get across the grass and onto the underpass path.Posted 6 years ago #
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