Princes Street will remain partially closed during the start of Edinburgh’s festival season following a fire at a former department store.
City of Edinburgh Council said work to make the former Debenhams store safe and preserve historic architectural features is expected to take “several weeks”.
It means the city’s main thoroughfare will be shut to buses between Frederick Street and South Charlotte Street into August when hundreds of thousands of visitors arrive for the International Festival and Festival Fringe.
The tram network will only operate between Edinburgh Airport and the West End, with no services along Princes Street to Leith and Newhaven.
Bus services are currently being diverted away from Princes Street to George Street.
George Street is usually closed to traffic during August, when bars and venues are permitted to extend across the road.
Scotland News understands that closure is now not expected to go ahead as planned.
Part of Rose Street and Rose Street South Lane also remain closed.
