A SECTION of the John Muir Way which has been closed for more than a year has reopened.
A diversion was created around the Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm construction site.
The footpath was temporarily closed and diverted in late 2024 to enable significant engineering work to be carried out at the landfall site, next to the main substation construction site.
This work included the removal and restoration of 35 metres of seawall and the installation of ducts for the project’s two export cables to be pulled through.
The path beside the seafront was reopened in the middle of last month.
The two export cables will transmit the power generated by the wind turbines offshore to the new substation, where it will be converted before being transmitted under Edinburgh Road to the Scottish Power Energy Networks 275kV substation, and on to the national grid.
Inch Cape’s first export cable was pulled into the site last September, with the second one due to arrive in early summer.
There will be a need for a further brief closure to allow for the pull-in of this second export cable.
However, it is not expected to be for more than a few days.
A spokesperson for the project said: “There may be occasional short closures of the footpath in the interest of public safety, for example when landscaping work is carried out towards the end of the project; however, the Inch Cape project team will provide notifications well ahead of any such closures.
“The new footpath created adjacent to the substation site will remain in place.
“Inch Cape and its contractors have appreciated the patience and co-operation from the local community during the diversion and throughout the ongoing construction activity at the substation site.”
The John Muir Way stretches from Dunbar to Helensburgh on Scotland’s west coast.
The 134-mile route was opened in April 2014 by then First Minister Alex Salmond.
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