'We're bust now if we cancel' warning to council over Edinburgh tram extension project [The Scotsman]





Date: 12/11/2020

A row has broken out over Edinburgh City Council^s tram extension project, after an opposition council leader warned ^we^re bust now if we cancel, or we might be really bust in three or four years time if we carry on^.


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'We're bust now if we cancel' warning to council over Edinburgh tram extension project

The Scotsman

A row has broken out over Edinburgh City Councils tram extension project, after an opposition council leader warned were bust now if we cancel, or we might be really bust in three or four years time if we carry on

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Tramway construction works on Constitution Street in Leith on 16th January 2020.
Location: Constitution Street [Tram]
Company: Edinburgh Trams
16/01/2020 John Yellowlees


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