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Edinburgh West

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The deep excavations behind the fence will soon be filled with canal water and pleasure-seekers on boats.
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This section to the west of Wester Hailes Road has already been linked up with the old canal running past Calder Grove and Calder Crescent.
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Facing south, looking up Dumbryden Road which ends just round the bend at Tesco's car park. To the left, behind the fence, the grassy slope leads down to a stretch of the old canal which is blocked by Kingsknowe Road a few hundred metres further east.
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Heavy lifting gear continues the work of reinstating the canal along Hailesland Road near Walker's Wynd.
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Buses turn the corner of Murrayburn Road. Soon this area will be under water and the traffic will cross the new canal bridge visible in front of the Shell Service Station.
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The water stops here. The canal runs eastwards from Hermiston and Ratho, past Calder Crescent and above Wester Hailes Education Centre and comes to an abrupt halt at the dual-carriageway.
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Edinburgh City Bypass. When the roadworks are finished, you'll be able to get from one traffic jam to another even quicker. That's progress.
a720calder_rd.jpg (149442 bytes) A720 - Calder
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Looking the other way from the Scott Russell Aqueduct towards the Calder Road. The Pentland Hills can be seen in the distance.
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A long lens shot from the Pentland Hills shows the Calder Road and Scott Russell Aqueduct crossing the bypass.

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