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Resurfacing Still Awaits Local Roads

Council to revitalise cracking thoroughfares

By Thomas Scott
June 7, 2015
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Residents in Penicuik will face disruption later this year after the Council announced two major resurfacing projects.

Commuters living in Penicuik and district will face additional delays until October, due to the council and Scottish Power embarking on their latest programmes of refurbishment.

In Penicuik, Mauricewood Road is set to close this September between Boyd-Orr Drive and the A701. Midlothian Council will close the route for around two months to allow it to be resurfaced in its entirety. The exact timings are yet to be confirmed, though it is known a diversion will be in place for the majority of the works. Pictured above, the main thoroughfare connecting the A701 and A702 is showing signs of subsidence and subsequent cracking. However necessary improvements to facilitate the construction of hundreds of new homes off the route, will not be undertaken at the time. Taylor Wimpey, as developer, will implement the changes if and when they start building homes north of Greenlaw Mains. The closure could mean lengthier travel times for the school run.

After months of disruption last year, residents living along Rullion Road will also face another closure. A segment of the route between Ravelsykes Road and property number 202 will be closed from late July to allow for resurfacing works. As such, buses and traffic will be diverted via Cuiken Terrace for the duration.

Earlier plans for the rejuvenation of Eskvale Drive have since been abandoned.

Further up the A701, and much to the dismay of travellers, Scottish Power returned to the A701 in order to complete their works to replace ageing utility cables. A section of the Milton Bridge dual carriageway is affected by the undertakings but motorists have not faced many delays since the removal of traffic management. In addition to this the southbound slip road to Auchendinny has been closed since 13 April, diverting motorists to the traffic lights and down the B7026, but this is due to reopen in July.

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This article was originally published in March. However Midlothian Council have since altered the dates for the resurfacing works in Penicuik, pushing the Mauricewood roadworks back into the Autumn. Corrections were made to ensure that the information we publish is wholly accurate.

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Editor and founder of The Penicuik Cuckoo. Fourth year Architecture student (MA Hons) at Edinburgh University currently writing on the role of architecture in post-industrial towns. Interested in all things Penicuik. Triplet.

  • Sam

    Wish they would finish the work on the roads in Ladywood in the summer instead of doing rullion road AGAIN. Expect they tend to update the Ladywood roads in winter when the pensioners there have to go through alleys to get the bus in the dark! Really wish they would think about it!

    • Lucille

      You’re right there Sam. Dykes Road is badly needing done too

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