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  20 June 2005

  Road Closures and Traffic Restrictions on the 2 July 2005

  The City of Edinburgh Council has today announced the road closures and
  traffic restrictions relating to the Make Poverty History march on 2
  July.

  They are:

  Roads closed between 2100 hours on 1 July 2005 and 0600 hours on 3 July
  2005

  Princes Street from its junction with The Mound to its junction with
  South Charlotte Street.

  Roads closed between 0600 hours and 2200 hours on 2 July 2005

  Melville Drive.

  Roads closed between 0600 hours and 1900 hours on 2 July 2005

  Forrest Road, George IV Bridge southbound carriageway / northbound
  carriageway from its junction with Forrest Road to its junction with
  Victoria Street, northbound carriageway from its junction with Victoria
  Street to Lawnmarket (except for coaches),

  Bank Street, North Bank Street, The Mound, Princes Street from its
  junction with South St David's Street to its junction with The
  Mound/from its junction with Lothian Road to its junction with South
  Charlotte Street,

  Lothian Road from its junction with Princes Street to its junction with
  West Approach Road,

  Castle Terrace, Spittal Street from its junction with Johnston Terrace
  to its junction with Grindlay Street,

  Lady Lawson Street, Lauriston Place from its junction with Teviot Place
  to its junction with Lauriston Street,

  Chalmers Street, Summerhall (except for access),

  Hope Park Terrace (except for access),

  Hope Park (except for access),

  Buccleuch Street (except for access),

  Chapel Street (except for access),

  Potterrow from its junction with Nicolson Square to its junction with
  Lothian Street and from its junction with Nicolson Square to its
  junction with Chapel Street (except for access),

  West Nicolson Street (except for access),

  West Crosscauseway (except for access),

  Gifford Park (except for access),

  Buccleuch Terrace (except for access),

  Lothian Street, Bristo Place, Teviot Place, Brighton Street, Bristo
  Port, Forrest Hill, Candlemaker Row, Merchant Street, Chambers Street
  from its junction with George IV Bridge to its junction with West
  College Street (except for access),

  Victoria Street (except for coaches),

  Lawnmarket (except for coaches),

  Castlehill (except for coaches),

  Johnston Terrace, Mound Place, Ramsay Lane, Ramsay Gardens, High Street
  from its junction with Lawnmarket to its junction with Cockburn Street
  (except for access),

  St Giles Street (except for access),

  Market Street from its junction with North Bank Street to its junction
  with Waverley Bridge (except for access),

  Hanover Street from its junction with Princes Street to its junction
  with Rose Street (except for access),

  Frederick Street from its junction with Princes Street to its junction
  with Rose Street (except for access),

  South Charlotte Street from its junction with Princes Street to its
  junction with Hope Street Lane (except for access),

  Rutland Street from its junction with Lothian Road to the entrance to
  the Caledonian Hotel car park (except for access),

  Shandwick Place from its junction with Stafford Street to its junction
  with Princes Street,

  King's Stables Road at its junction with Lothian Road,

  Cambridge Street (except for access),

  Cornwall Street (except for access),

  West Port (Except for access),

  Keir Street, Heriot Place, Archibald Place.

  SCHEDULE 2

  Roads on which waiting and loading and unloading will be prohibited
  between 1830 hours on 1 July 2005 and 1900 hours on 2 July 2005

  Forrest Road, George IV Bridge, Bank Street, North Bank Street, The
  Mound, Princes Street from its junction with South St David Street to
  its junction with Shandwick Place,

  Lothian Road from its junction with Shandwick Place to its junction with
  West Approach Road,

  Castle Terrace, Spittal Street from its junction with Grindlay Street to
  its junction with Johnston Terrace,

  Lady Lawson Street, Lauriston Place from its junction with Teviot Place
  to its junction with Lauriston Street (except for coaches),

  Chalmers Street, Chamberlain Road, Greenhill Gardens from its junction
  with Chamberlain Road to its junction with Strathearn Place,

  Beaufort Road, Salisbury Place, Summerhall from its junction with
  Melville Drive to its junction with West Preston Street,

  East Preston Street for a distance of 30 metres east of its junction
  with South Clerk Street,

  South Clerk Street for a distance of 30 metres north of its junction
  with West Preston Street and 30 metres south of its junction with Hope
  Park Terrace,

  Nicolson Square (except buses),

  Meadow Place from its junction with Melville Drive to its junction with
  Roseneath Place,

  Argyle Place for a distance of 30 metres south of its junction with
  Melville Drive,

  Hope Park Terrace, Hope Park, Clerk Street for a distance of 30 metres
  north of its junction with Hope Park,

  Brougham Place, Brougham Street, George Square Lane, Meadow Lane, West
  Nicolson Street for a distance of 30 metres east of its junction with
  Potterrow,

  Bristo Place, Chambers Street for a distance of 30 metres east of its
  junction with George IV Bridge,

  Candlemaker Row, Merchant Street, Guthrie Street, Infirmary Street,
  Niddry Street, Blackfriars Street, West Port, Grassmarket 'two way'
  section (except recess bays),

  Cowgatehead, West Bow, Victoria Street (except for vehicles authorised
  by the Police),

  Cowgate from its junction with Cowgatehead to a point 30 metres east of
  its junction with Blair Street,

  Lawnmarket, St Giles Street for a distance of 30 metres east of its
  junction with Bank Street,

  Market Street north side from its junction with Waverley Bridge to its
  junction with East Market Street/for a distance of 30 metres east of its
  junction with The Mound,

  Mound Place for a distance of 30 metres west of its junction with North
  Bank Street,

  Hanover Street from its junction with Princes Street to its junction
  with Rose Street (except taxis),

  Frederick Street from its junction with Princes Street to its junction
  with Rose Street (except taxis),

  South Charlotte Street from its junction with Princes Street to its
  junction with Hope Street Lane,

  Hope Street Lane, Shandwick Place from its junction with Princes Street
  to its junction with Stafford Street,

  Rutland Street, Manor Place from its junction with Shandwick Place to
  its junction with Melville Street,

  Melville Street, Torphichen Street (except buses),
  Dewar Place (except buses),

  Cambridge Street (except recess bays),

  Cornwall Street (except recess bays),

  Grindlay Street (except recess bays),

  Johnston Terrace for a distance of 30 metres northwards from its
  junction with Castle Terrace,

  Cockburn Street, Blair Street, West College Street, Fingal Place north
  side,

  Sylvan Place east side.

  Roads on which waiting and loading and unloading will be prohibited
  between 1830 hours on 1 July 2005 and 2400 hours on 2 July 2005

  Teviot Place north side/south side (except for coaches),

  Lothian Street north side/south side (except for coaches),

  Potterrow (except for coaches),

  Chapel Street (except for coaches),

  Buccleuch Street (except for coaches),

  Buccleuch Place (except for coaches),

  George Square north and west arms (except for coaches)/south and east
  arms,

  Melville Drive south side/north side (except for coaches),

  Marchmont Road west side/east side (except for coaches),

  Grange Road south side/north side (except for coaches),

  Strathearn Place south side/north side (except for coaches),

  Strathearn Road south side/north side (except for coaches),

  Craigmillar Park (except for coaches),

  Mayfield Gardens (except for coaches),

  Minto Street (except for coaches),

  Newington Road (except for coaches),

  Dalkeith Road from its junction with Holyrood Park Road to its junction
  with East Mayfield (except for coaches),

  London Road from its junction with Marionville Road to its junction with
  Willowbrae.

  Road on which waiting and loading and unloading will be prohibited
  between 0600 hours and 2200 hours on 2 July 2005

  Waverley Bridge east side (including taxi rank),

  Market Street north side for a distance of 40 metres west of its
  junction with Jeffrey Street (excluding taxis),

  Calton Road south side for a distance of 40 metres east of the entrance
  to Waverley Station (excluding taxis).

  Councillor Andrew Burns, Executive Member for Transport and the Public
  Realm said, "The Make Poverty History event will be the largest public
  march seen in Edinburgh for decades. Inevitably that means considerable
  traffic disruption. However, the life and business of the city will
  still go on so people should think ahead, plan their journey carefully
  and give themselves a little extra time."

  A Council spokesman added, "These traffic orders apply only to the event
  on Saturday, July 2. Other events later in the week will also result in
  road closures or restrictions. Details of these will be available over
  the next week."

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