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Edinburgh trams project back on track

Sections of track have arrived in Edinburgh's Princes Street where they will be laid later in June.

08 June 2009 16:39 GMT

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Edinburgh trams project back on track

A controversial tram system planned for Scotland's capital city is officially back on track, it has been announced.

Sections of track have arrived in Edinburgh's Princes Street where they will be laid later in June.

The £500million trams project nearly went off the rails in February in a row over funding.

The dispute was resolved four weeks later and work then began to prepare the ground for the track-laying.

Steven Bell, director of the tram project, said: "This is what people have been waiting for and will give reassurance, not just to those in the city centre but across Edinburgh.

"This section of the work is also the first opportunity for residents and visitors to Edinburgh to see what the final infrastructure will look like on this innovative and ambitious project."

The track was transported to Princes Street from a storage area in Leith.

Edinburgh's transport convener Gordon Mackenzie said: "This is an extremely significant milestone for the Edinburgh tram project."

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    1. 09 Jun 2009 09:45Leith Trader said

    The headline to this article is patently false and misleading. Utility diversion works in Leith are almost a year behind schedule - so much so, that the much-lauded track-laying on Princes Street should have taken place in Leith months ago.

    Even Richard Jeffrey, tie's Chief Executive has finally admitted that the project is running behind schedule and over-bidget.

    Let us hope that Gordon Mackenzie does not follow in the footsteps of his less than illustrious predecessor, Phil Wheeler in making inane, baseless comments on the state of the tram project.

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