heard thru Hart's:
closed for 3 days
Div up onto Rav Dykes, and then take your pick of back sts to Roseburn.
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NEPN closed between Ravvie Dykes & Roseburn for bridge inspection.
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Posted 6 years ago #
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I can recommend Ormidale Terrace and the cut through at the top onto Campbell Avenue.
Ormidale is a dead-end for cars and so is lightly trafficked and much better for slow climbing than other busier roads.
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@edintravel has replied to Hart's and me with a diversion plan they got hold of. Unable to access Twitter at work to cut & paste the tweet link here, but look at the mentions on the Hart's Twitter feed (@harts_cyclery)to see it.
Hardly ideal for those who aren't confident on the road and are sticking to the path to avoid traffic, and especially scary for the inexperienced if you're going uphill om Murrayfield Ave and have the usual impatient driver behind, coupled with parking on both sides of the road leaving no escape room.
Hmmmmm.
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Surprising that they have to close the whole bridge. Are they digging it up? (And even if they are: could they not do it one half at a time?)
I might waste a couple of minutes to see what it actually looks like tonight, unless someone has pictures already?
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Diversions are far from obvious. Rely on being able to take the bike up St George's steps & signposts inadequate afterwards. Why am I not surprised?
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Can anyone remind me where the WoL path is all collapsing? Contemplating a bigger detour using the steps by the bridge but not sure how far down it would get me.
Might just drive TBH.
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WoL path is closed upstream of Dean Village. Diversion well signposted (but involves a hill).
On the way home from Stu Mel I go down Garscube Terrace and Coatbridge Terrace which is fine at 10pm!!! and I think might be quieter even in the daytime??? Going the other way if I couldn't use the path I'd take a completely different route.
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if bike is light you can probably lift it over the WoL Path closure between Belford area and Dean Village. Well the runners all ignore the closure. Might be landslides of course after recent rain. Has been shut a good long time now.
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The stupid gate at the Ravelston Dykes entrance/exit and the lack of ramp at St George's mean I'll have to take the cargo bike on road the whole way from Blackhall. Just as well my daughter's not in it at that point, as I'll have to come out at Craigleith, down Queensferry Road and then turn right into Craigleith Drive.
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@Harts I have been through that gate with toddler in a trailer (which is about wheelchair width).
I spotted "pedestrian diversion" signs on Ravelston Dykes as per the diversion in that tweet, pointing down Garscube Tce.
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Thanks for that, LivD. It's the length that's the issue with the cargo bike, and the lack of articulation. I might leave early tomorrow and give it a go and see what happens. I could feasibly lift it, in extremis...
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The point remains, of course, that we shouldn't have these stupids gates and we should have a cycle-able ramp at St George's...
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just cycled through this section of NEPN and no diversion or any visible signposts...
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Interesting. I guess they're just closing it during working hours when inspecting? There were 2 vehicles parked across it, blocking the path at 0930 this morning.
Will ask Edinburgh Travel if they have published times.
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To confirm, the tweet says from 0900 today until 1530 on 14th. Just trying to get confirmation on whether it's only working hours.
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Can you confirm if path is open outside normal working hours?
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I can't confirm either way but my gut feeling is that the closure is just 9.30 - 3.30.Posted 6 years ago # -
In which case, most commuters will hopefully be unaffected. Stand down the dogs of outrage!
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I got caught out at 11.30am this morning. Sign said "FOOTPATH CLOSED" and there was a "Pedestrians Diversion" sign. Ended up having to go back to Haymarket Terrace and across town via the Dean Path.
Was open at 5.30ish this evening, so looks like commutes for those with traditional work hours will be unaffected, but others with non standard....
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I ignored the signs this morning at about 9.15. Car and van on bridge but no activity. Signs down and tucked away on way home at about 5pm, I will be heading in early tomorrow!
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My other half was properly lost here today - additionally confused because the diversion signs only referred to pedestrians - helped out another person also lost using mobile phone based mapping.
Was late for a meeting.
I'm always amazed at how incompetently diversion signage is done. It ought to be a simple thing really.
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It was open at 8.30 this morning. I'm hoping it will be open at 5.30 this afternoon too.
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So - as long as it's open around 06.15-ish and 16.20-ish I should be fine tomorrow & Thursday.
Good!
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It's not personal, diversion signage is bad for road closures too.
It's usually installed on the pavement, behind parked cars, so invisible to anyone needing to follow it. Then blown over by a gust of wind.
Then a blind person trips over it and winds up in hospital with a broken wrist.
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It's not personal, diversion signage is bad for road closures too.
It's usually installed on the pavement, behind parked cars, so invisible to anyone needing to follow it. Then blown over by a gust of wind.
Then a blind person trips over it and winds up in hospital with a broken wrist.
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Open at 5.30pm and no one about but south bound diversion signs not removed which could be confusing if not expected
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Diversion signage saying 'path closed' and directing traffic up off the path at Ravelston Dykes was in place around 06:15-ish this morning as I came up from Leith, but the path was open all the way to Roseburn.
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I came off at Craigleith this morning for the Bike Breakfast, as I was unsure about this diversion.
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Didn't notice any signage this morning. Has it all gone or had my attention completely wandered as I came up the path?
(The only thing I did notice was that hole they dug at the side of the path at the start of the year, possibly to replace the lamp-post they accidentally knocked over and then removed almost 2 years ago. Every time I see it I keep thinking that I must raise it with the council and ask when the work is likely to be completed... then I completely forget to!)
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