Date: 22/11/2017

EDINBURGH would have been the laughing stock of Scotland, if not the world had a dispute over the Princes Street tram works - in which workers downed tools for months - not been resolved. Former TIE chairman David Mackay told the tram inquiry he had no doubt that a row over work on Princes Street was used by the construction consortium as a tactic to bring the city to its knees.

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Tram Inquiry: Princes Street row was used to bring city to its knees

Scotsman

Edinburgh would have been “the laughing stock of Scotland, if not the world” had a dispute over the Princes Street tram works – in which workers downed tools for several months – not been resolved.

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View east along Princes Street, Edinburgh, on 2 April 2009, with Tram works restarted.
Location: Princes Street [Tram]
Company: Edinburgh Trams
02/04/2009 Bill Roberton

View west along Princes Street over the tram works on 28 October 2009. Taken through a window on the top floor of Marks & Spencer.
Location: Princes Street [Tram]
Company: Edinburgh Trams
28/10/2009 F Furnevel

Extensive Edinburgh Tram utilities diversion works taking place on the short section of Princes Street from South St Andrew Street to Waverley Bridge seen looking west on 22 February.
Location: Princes Street [Tram]
Company: Edinburgh Trams
22/02/2012 David Pesterfield