Motorists facing long delays of 40 minutes on major Edinburgh Airport road

Motorists travelling on a busy Edinburgh road are facing severe delays of 40 minutes.

Traffic on Glasgow Road between Newbridge and Gogarburn is moving very slowly this afternoon, with queues forming between the Royal Bank of Scotland campus at Gogarburn and the Newbridge roundabout.

Journey times of around 40 minutes are expected on the three mile stretch of road on the outskirts of Edinburgh.

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A spokesperson for City of Edinburgh Council’s travel news service said: “Queues from RBS to Newbridge now on Glasgow Road, drive time of ~40mins.”

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It is not clear what is causing the delays however the spokesperson said Yunex engineers have been requested to investigate a fault with the traffic lights controller.