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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Donald Turvill

Edinburgh's notorious Picardy Place junction set for major redesign next year

The latest plans for the redesign of a notorious Edinburgh city centre junction have been unveiled.

For much of the last five years Picardy Place has faced continuous disruption from roadworks as a result of the construction of the St James Quarter and ongoing tram works, giving rise to a host of traffic troubles around the area.

A long-awaited overhaul of the nuisance roundabout that connects Leith Walk, Leith Street, Broughton Street and York Place is set to get underway in January, with the council spending £2.7m on the project.

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