Festival gridlock chaos warning.Road works road works road npl → Straßenbauarbeiten pl are set to cause a Festival traffic nightmare in Edinburgh Edinburgh (ĕd`ĭnbərə), city (1991 pop. 433,200) and council area, royal burgh, capital of Scotland, on the Firth of Forth. Leith, part of the city since 1920, is Edinburgh's port. . Cable repairs are to be carried out on Queensferry Road, one of the capital's busiest streets. And police predict gridlock Gridlock A government, business or institution's inability to function at a normal level due either to complex or conflicting procedures within the administrative framework or to impending change in the business. chaos as the repairs add to problems caused by recent traffic changes. The repairs - starting tomorrow and lasting four days - come as Edinburgh is packed with festival tourists. A police spokesman said: "Everywhere in Edinburgh will be gridlocked grid·lock n. 1. A traffic jam in which no vehicular movement is possible, especially one caused by the blockage of key intersections within a grid of streets. 2. . "I cannot suggest any alternative route since everywhere else is already busy." |
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