It looks to me the current work has finished, the JCB and cabins have left the site. However it looks like this route is "permanently" closed. They have put a sign in at each side of the clousure pointing to take the steps by the station:

There is a new sign up - stopping order refers to this I think? www.edinburgh.gov.uk/downloads/do...

From @robbieainsworth.bsky.social comment it should like this work is somewhere between Edinburgh Park Management and Scottish Power?

Cheers - will be interesting to see how "convenient cycle routes" is interpreted by the developers.

suspect so, and at that point it all makes much more sense.

Don't like it, but I suspect that they've applied for a road occupation permit to put up the barriers and what they then use that space for is up to them....

I've done that! Maybe you subconsciously needed the longer travel time.

I had planned a normal speed GoPro shot from the front as well - but failed to start it! What's great about the 360 Camera is that the shot can be choosen afterwards!