Drop in about the proposed final route for the A701 Relief Road & A702 Link Road 

We want to hear your views on the final proposed route for the A701 Relief Road and the A702 Link Road. 

Drop in to Bilston Primary

Come along to a drop in event on Thursday 15 May between 4pm and 7pm at Bilston Primary School, EH25 9SD to find out more details of the route, discuss them with the design team and share your thoughts. 

Planning application to be submitted

What local people tell the council will help fine tune the planning application to be submitted on the council’s behalf later this year. 

Route options from 2021

A preferred route has been developed after local people were consulted on route options in 2021.  

Route selected

The route selected after the last consultation has changed slightly between Straiton junction and Seafield Moor because of the ground conditions.  

Slight change

It is this final proposed route, including this change, that the council wants to hear views on.  

Get in touch

For further information or if you cannot come to the drop in and would like to submit your views:

• Email A701@wardell-armstrong.com or
• Write to Neil Sutherland, Wardell Armstrong/SLR, The Tun, 4 Jackson’s Entry, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 8PJ

Deadline

Any comments should be received no later than Friday 30 May 2025. 

Note

Comments made to the applicant are not representations to Midlothian Council Planning Authority and when the applicant submits a planning application there will be an opportunity to make direct representations to Midlothian Council’s Planning Authority.  This community event is not a statutory requirement of The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 because of the ‘local’ scale of the proposal.