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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Iona Young & John Gillespie

Edinburgh Orange Walk causes traffic chaos in capital city centre

Widespread disruption is expected in the capital today, with much of the city centre already ground to a halt as an Orange Order march makes its way through the city.

The parades returning to the city will be the first in three years and they are said to have caused traffic chaos for those venturing into the city centre.

Video footage captured by those travelling in town shows drivers making their way down closed roads beyond fallen road closure barriers.

The march began at the Meadows on June 11 at noon before making their way onto Forest Road, across George IV bridge, continuing along Lawnmarket, High Street, Abbey Road and Regent Road.

There will be three Orange Order marches in the city this summer, after the application was approved by the City of Edinburgh Council Licensing Committee in March.

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The march today is said to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, which was recently celebrated across the Jubilee weekend from June 2-5.

The organisations involved in todays march involve the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland, Country Grand Lodge of Glasgow and the Associated Clubs of the Apprentice Boys of Derry.

Much of the city has seen traffic disruption as a result of todays march. With video footage emerging showing traffic jams around Melville Drive and Buccleuch Street, next to the meadows.

Drivers are seen coming down Melville Drive and going past road closure barriers that appear to have been knocked over.

The video footage also shows cars backed up and long delays for commuters as they navigate the closed roads and subsequent congestion.

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