Major road near Rosyth shut for 5 hours due to gas leak

A major road near Rosyth was shut for about five hours on Friday due to a gas leak.

Police urged drivers to avoid the A985 Admiralty Road after the closure was put in place just before 10.30am.

The leak happened during roadworks to fix a gas main, which had already forced the westbound side of the road to be shut.

However, the road has since reopened eastbound with westbound remaining closed as planned.

Earlier in the day, Katie Lobban, spokesperson for SGN, told The Courier: “The road was closed to westbound traffic yesterday as our engineers successfully installed an overground bypass, to ensure continued gas supplies to thousands of local homes and businesses whilst we upgrade our network.

“While we were carrying out work this morning a section of our old, existing gas main failed, causing a gas leak.

“For safety reasons, the road is now closed in both directions.”

In an update at 3.45pm, she said: “Our engineers have now isolated the section of our gas network which was leaking, and the eastbound carriageway has reopened.

“The westbound closure will remain in place as planned.”

Meanwhile, drivers will face full-weekend contraflows during the next stage of roadworks at the Halbeath Roundabout in Rosyth later this month.