@neddie - I have never heard of a Scottish Council being sued for implementing an LTN. The statutory requirements for implementing an LTN are actually pretty straightforward and Council officers are well versed in their use. They would really have to mess up for there to be any chance of a successful legal challenge.
CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Infrastructure
Harrison Rd Closure
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Posted 6 months ago #
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Update from another local councillor
Quite astonishing they haven't been able to identify the owner of all the utilities even now.
Posted 6 months ago # -
Went past later than usual this morning and work was happening on the underside of the bridge.
The topside crew cleaning graffiti off the compound walls didn't know when the bridge would shut completely
Posted 3 months ago # -
This morning there was a sign on the St Michaels side of the closed bridge starting that the footpath would be closed from 16th Feb (next Monday) "for bridge repairs".
So things might finally be happening.
Posted 1 month ago # -
Pushing our bikes on the footpath over the weekend, had a nice discussion with someone about how there really any rush to reopen the road, as it's much nicer closed.
However, It does seem like things are going to be moving - just seen this update on a local Facebook group:
HARRISON ROAD, SHANDON - UPDATE
Harrison Road Bridge (over path)
Precast concrete beams for the new superstructure are in production with estimated delivery end of March. Footpath above and below the bridge to close week commencing 16th February with demolition works mid-March. Path to be closed until completion. Deck reconstruction will follow April-August, when the bridge should reopen.
Harrison Road Canal Bridge
Investigations and assessment completed and progressing strengthening to reopen with a 7.5t weight limit. Keen to avoid working during the high season and, subject to engagement with Scottish Canals, work should be finished by the end of March. Towpath will be closed but we will advise once construction planning is underway. A trief kerb will be added to the carriageway to prevent vehicles from mounting the kerb. Canal Bridge should be complete before the Road Bridge, but due to the impact of congestion along Harrison Gardens/Shandon Place, we plan to open both to traffic simultaneously.
Summary of Key Dates:
• Closure of footpath above and below Road Bridge – 16th February 2026 – August 2026
• Delivery of new precast concrete beams – Expected end of March 2026
• Canal Bridge underside strengthening works – End of March 2026
• Canal Bridge topside works – TBC but will likely have to reopen alongside the Road Bridge.
• Project completion date – August 2026Posted 1 month ago # -
So in little over a year, they've managed to procure and build a bridge, and strengthen another. Meanwhile the residents and park goers have enjoyed peaceful, less polluted, less dangerous streets.
If only they could act so quickly on building cycle lanes and LTNs...
But cars eh...?
due to the impact of congestion along Harrison Gardens/Shandon Place, we plan to open both to traffic simultaneously
That about says it all - they expect intrusive traffic and congestion to return - if only there was a better way...
Posted 1 month ago # -
Mr. Prosser shook his finger at him for a bit, then stopped and put it away again.
“What do you mean, why’s it got to be built?” he said. “It’s a
bypassbridge. You’ve got to buildbypassesbridges.”BypassesBridges are devices that allow some people to dash from point A to point B very fast while other people dash from point B to point A very fast. People living at point C, being a point directly in between, are often to wonder what’s so great about point A that so many people from point B are so keen to get there, and what’s so great about point B that so many people from point A are so keen to get there. They often wish that people would just once and for all work out where the hell they wanted to be.Posted 1 month ago # -
I can't tell from the timeline when my commute along the canal will be blocked. From end of March 2026 to August 2026? Or finished by March 2026 (seems extremely unlikely)
Posted 1 month ago # -
So apparently they have closed the footpath a day early.
Posted 1 month ago # -
I took a bad detour yesterday from the WoL path up the road to Colinton. Meant I stayed on the main road a while down to Craiglockhart. I did meet Mr Bill running the towpath and after he told me to get to work I came upon some chaps with angle grinders who have moved the wee gates on the towpath to a 45 degree angle and repainted them. They indicated that the bridge further west was closed. I asked how long for. They said at least a week. Ha. Not wrong but i suspect a lot llonger than a week. THe scaffolding is however reducing on North bridge so maybe they can fix old rusty bridges?
NB the correct WoL Path diversion, un signposted heading east is to. Bash up the gravel track at what surely was the station for the mill [a house now but with a bizarre outdoor stone stairway up to the attic] THis spits you out on the road or series of potholes down to Colinton but before the bridge take the road on the left where the Tories used to have an office back down onto the path THis is also the route in reverse [again not well signposted]
Posted 1 month ago # -
Is the northern bridge closed to pedestrians at the moment?
Posted 1 month ago # -
Yes it is
Posted 1 month ago # -
Thanks!
Posted 1 month ago # -
Canal towpath under the bridge still. Clear despite what angle grinders said last week
Posted 1 month ago # -
I noticed some activity this morning and found this:
Sounds like all navigation under the B45 she will be suspended until Friday and then for later works from Monday 30th until Sunday 5th May between Midday and 8 pm
Posted 2 weeks ago # -
Just spoke to a workie building a structure of buoyancy blocks which will go under the bridge. I was told that the canal bridge will be shut for about a year but they think that towpath access will largely be maintained...
Posted 2 weeks ago # -
Been watching them going in all week. Morningsider also spotted them with me last night. So good to know what they are for and maybe we might not be affected
Detective JDP - what are the pink numbers for?
Posted 2 weeks ago # -
The relevant entry from the road report:
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Canal bridge - surveys complete, underside strengthening should finish late March with topside works to follow. Some towpath closures likely, dates TBC.
"""Clear as mud what these "topside works" actually are. Given the strengthening is supposed to be finished in days it seems surprising that the rest will take a year.
Hopefully cycle/ped access can be maintained.
I note that apart from removing the remaining footpath, nothing at all has been done to the other bridge near St Michaels.
There were even more cables under the old footpath
Posted 2 weeks ago #
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