Work on improving pavements and roads
We’re improving the road surface, crossing facilities at junctions and drainage at Balgreen Road, which includes road resurfacing and pavement works at junctions.
The work will improve driving and walking conditions and enhance road safety.
Updates
13 November 2025
The phase 1 pavement work is now complete and phase 2 pavement work has started. The phase 2 pavement work is estimated to be completed on 21 November 2025. After this we will then start on phase 3 pavement work alongside road resurfacing in phase 1.
Pavement work will be completed before road resurfacing until all the phases are completed. There will be a break in the work during the festive period from 19 December 2025.
Working in stages
Work will be done in eight stages starting from 20 October 2025. Sometimes stages may overlap.
We expect work to end in March 2026.
Our contractor will work Monday to Friday, typically between 8am and 5pm.
We will stop work during the winter festive period to reduce disruption.
During each phase there will be pavement work and drainage where we'll use parking suspensions, lane closures and temporary traffic lights at junctions.
Phase 1 - Balgreen Road, Saughtonhall Drive to Glendevon Park. Estimated 2 weeks
Road resurfacing - road closures between 9.30am and 3.30pm (road will reopen thereafter) estimated duration 4-5 days.
Phase 2 Glendevon Park and Saughtonhall Avenue. Estimated 3 weeks
Road resurfacing - road closures between 8am and 5pm (road will reopen thereafter) estimated duration 4-5 days.
Phase 3 Balgreen Road from Glendevon Park to Glendevon Avenue West. Estimated 2 weeks
Road resurfacing - road closures between 8am and 5pm (road will reopen thereafter) estimated duration 4-5 days.
Phase 4 Balgreen Road from Glendevon Park to Balgreen Avenue. Estimated 2 weeks
Road resurfacing - road closures between 8am and 5pm (road will reopen thereafter) estimated duration 4-5 days.
Phase 5 Balgreen Road from Balgreen Avenue to Corstorphine Road. Estimated 1 week
Road resurfacing - road closures between 9.30am and 3.30pm (road will reopen thereafter) estimated duration 4-5 days.
Work pauses for festive period - 20 December 2025 to 4 January 2026
Phase 6 Saughton Crescent from Murrayfield Medical Centre to Saughton Grove. Estimated 2 weeks
Road resurfacing - road closures between 9.30am and 3.30pm (road will reopen thereafter) estimated duration 4-5 days.
Phase 7 Saughton Crescent from Saughton Grove to Beechmount Crescent. Estimated 2 weeks
Road resurfacing - road closures between 9.30am and 3.30pm (road will reopen thereafter) estimated duration 4-5 days.
Phase 8 Saughton Crescent from Beechmount Crescent to Saughthall Drive. Estimated 2 weeks
Road resurfacing - road closures between 8am and 5pm (road will reopen thereafter) estimated duration 4-5 days.
Download pdfs of the technical drawings. Please note that these are not accessible. If you would like any help with these, please email the team transport.designservice@edinburgh.gov.uk
Access
- Pedestrians will be able to access the area at all times.
- Restrictions will be in place for vehicles at times during road resurfacing, apart from emergency vehicles which will have access at all times.
- We will use temporary parking restrictions to make sure the work is done safely, with signs showing details of specific restrictions.
- We will have a Council officer on-site during the work to monitor progress and provide assistance and information to residents and businesses.
Further information
We understand that the work will be disruptive and want to thank you for your patience and understanding.
Every effort will be made to accommodate residents and businesses and we hope that you will appreciate the long-term benefits and improvement the project will deliver.
If you have any specific queries, please do not hesitate to contact the site team directly or email us at transport.designservice@edinburgh.gov.uk
We’ll be in touch with more information before each phase starts.