RAILSCOT | Ministers withhold Edinburgh trams funding [BBC News]

Ministers withhold Edinburgh trams funding [BBC News]

Date: 31/08/2011

Transport Scotland has sent a letter to the council's chief executive saying it will not now pay the final instalment of a £500m government grant. The city's lord provost is to convene a special council meeting on Friday.

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The Scottish government writes to Edinburgh City Council threatening to withhold about £72m of trams funding.

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