How Edinburgh’s Open Streets loop will look in 9 pictures

A “radical approach” to how we move around Edinburgh has been unveiled and includes closing the city centre to traffic.
By Joshua King
Published 23rd Feb 2019, 08:58 GMT
Updated 23rd Feb 2019, 10:16 GMT
Lothian Road could be transformed as part of the plan to close Old Town streets to traffic once a month.Lothian Road could be transformed as part of the plan to close Old Town streets to traffic once a month.
Lothian Road could be transformed as part of the plan to close Old Town streets to traffic once a month.

In the Open Streets project plans the council has proposed pedestrianising a loop of city centre streets one day each month.

It is hoped the “aspirational loop” of the Royal Mile, Holyrood Road and the Grassmarket will regenerate the city.

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