Various Roads in Edinburgh - Traffic Restrictions due to Filming of Prodigal Father

THE CITY OF EDINBURGH COUNCIL

(PRODIGAL FATHER FILMING) 

(TEMPORARY ROAD RESTRICTION AND TRAFFIC REGULATION) ORDER 2024 – TEMP/24/164

The Council, with the consent of Scottish Ministers, has made an order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended, the effect of which will be that for a temporary period, to facilitate the holding of Prodigal Father filming, no person shall: (a) drive or cause or permit to be driven any vehicle on any part of the lengths of roads specified in Sch 1, where closures will apply to roads in their entirety unless otherwise stated; (b) walk or cause or permit any person to walk on any part of the lengths of footways specified in Sch 2, where prohibitions will apply to footways in their entirety unless otherwise stated; (c) except with the permission of a Parking Attendant, cause or permit any vehicle to wait or load onto or unload from any vehicle on any part of the lengths of road specified in Sch 3, where prohibitions will apply to both sides of the roads in their entirety unless otherwise stated; & (d) except with the permission of a Parking Attendant, cause or permit any vehicle to wait on the section of road described in Sch 4. Existing restrictions will be suspended on the affected sections of roads described in Sch 3 & 4. The following restriction will be suspended from 12:00hrs on 13/9/24 to 12:00hrs on 15/9/24: prohibited right turn from Holyrood Rd into St Mary’s St, to allow general traffic to make the manoeuvre.

The alternative routes for vehicular traffic with respect to the closures are via: (1) Niddry St – High St, St Mary’s St & Cowgate; (2) St Giles’ St, Lawnmarket & High Street – Market St, Bank St & Nth Bank St; & (3) Canongate & Old Tolbooth Wynd – Horse Wynd, Queen’s Drv, Holyrood Gait, Holyrood Rd & St Mary’s St. The following roads are not through roads and have no available diversion: West Parliament Sq & Bakehouse Cl. The order shall have effect during the hours and on the dates specified in the Schedules.

SCHEDULE 1 ROAD CLOSURES:

(A) from 07:30hrs to 12:30hrs on 3/9/24; & from 14:00hrs to 19:00hrs on 17/9/24 on Niddry St;

(B) from 07:00hrs on 6/9/24 to 18:00hrs on 14/9/24 on West Parliament Sq;

(C) from 08:00hrs on 8/9/24 to 18:00hrs on 16/9/24 on Bakehouse Cl;

(D) from 06:00hrs on 10/9/24 to 07:00hrs on 14/9/24 on St Giles’ St, from 30m east of its jnct with Nth Bank St, eastwards and then southwards to its jnct with High St;

(E) from 06:00hrs to 23:00hrs on 12/9/24 on: (i) Lawnmarket, from George IV Bridge to St Giles’ St; & (ii) High St, from Lawnmarket to Parliament Sq; & (F) from 12:00 hours on 13/9/24 to 12:00hrs on 15/9/24 on: (i) Canongate, from New St to Reid’s Ct; & (ii) Old Tolbooth Wynd, from its jnct with Canongate, northwards for 20m.

SCHEDULE 2 PROHIBITION OF PEDESTRIANS:

(A) from 08:00hrs on 8/9/24 to 18:00hrs on 16/9/24 on Bakehouse Cl;

(B) from 06:00hrs on 12/9/24 to 23:00hrs on 12/9/24 on West Parliament Sq;

(C) from 07:00hrs on 12/9/24 to 23:00hrs on 13/9/24 on: (i) Makars’ Ct; (ii) Lady Stair’s Cl; (iii) Wardrop’s Ct; (iv) Peterson’s Ct; & (v) James’ Ct; &

(D) from 07:00hrs to 20:00hrs on 14/9/24 on: (i) Canongate: (1) nth side, from Sibbald Walk to Lochend Cl; & (2) sth side, from Sugarhouse Cl to Crichton’s Cl; (ii) Old Tolbooth Wynd, from its jnct with Canongate, northwards for 20m; & (iii) Cooper’s Cl, from its jnct with Canongate, southwards for 10m.

SCHEDULE 3 PROHIBITION OF WAITING, LOADING & UNLOADING:

(A) from 05:00hrs to 12:30hrs on 3/9/24; & from 18:30hrs to 19:00hrs on 17/9/24 on Niddry St, both sides, from its jnct with High St, southwards for 60m;

(B) from 07:00hrs on 3/9/24 to 18:00hrs on 17/9/24 on Lawnmarket, nth side, from the National Barrier Asset, eastwards to its jnct with Bank St;

(C) from 07:00hrs on 3/9/24 to 18:30hrs on 13/9/24 on St Giles’ St, both sides, from 30m east of its jnct with Bank St, eastwards and then southwards to its jnct with High St;

(D) from 08:00hrs on 4/9/24 to 18:30hrs on 14/9/24 on West Parliament Sq, in its entirety;

(E) from 07:00hrs on 6/9/24 to 18:30hrs on 16/9/24 on Parliament Sq, in its entirety;

(F) from 07:00hrs on 8/9/24 to 18:30hrs on 16/9/24 on Niddry St;

(G) from 08:00hrs on 8/9/24 to 18:00hrs on 16/9/24 on Bakehouse Cl;

(H) from 08:30hrs on 8/9/24 to 18:30hrs on 14/9/24 on Johnston Ter, nth side, from Castle Wynd Steps Nth, south-westwards and north-eastwards for 85m & 65m respectively;

(I) from 08:30hrs on 9/9/24 to 08:30hrs on 14/9/24 on Mound Pl, nth side, in its entirety;

(J) from 07:00hrs on 11/9/24 to 12:00hrs on 15/9/24 on Calton Rd, sth side, from Old Tolbooth Wynd to Lochend Cl;

(K) from 07:00hrs on 9/9/24 to 18:30hrs on 16/9/24 on Mound Pl, sth side, from Milne’s Ct to Nth Bank St;

(L) from 06:00hrs to 23:00hrs on 12/9/24 on: (i) Lawnmarket, both sides, from George IV Bridge to St Giles’ St; & (ii) High St, both sides, from Lawnmarket to Parliament Sq; &

(M) from 08:00hrs on 13/9/24 to 12:00hrs on 15/9/24 on Canongate, both sides, from New St to Reid’s Ct.

SCHEDULE 4 RESTRICTION OF WAITING:

from 07:00hrs on 3/9/24 to 18:30hrs on 13/9/24 on St Giles’ St, nth side, from its jnct with Bank St, eastwards for 30m.