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CCE is 16years old!
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Edinburgh North-South tramline: Scottish Government's new comments on funding controversial project
Spoiler: The Scottish Government has said it has "no plans to fund a stand alone extension of Edinburgh's tram network", but also "a bit of a fudge" which left open the door to funding of the line as part of a regional project
From link
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And the reply was: "The Scottish Government has no plans to fund a stand alone extension of Edinburgh’s tram network or directly fund the business case work required to demonstrate the case. Tram is a local priority which was identified by City of Edinburgh Council (CEC), who have solely progressed the business case for and extension to the current tram network.
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Which could be read as - ‘not a chance of funding the Granton Branch, but we might consider a line from Mid/ELothian (of course CEC would have to guarantee it would just stop at its border.)’
Sounds like Transport Scotland should become responsible for the whole thing IF it is to happen.
Or at least building/maintaining the track - like it does for significant roads.
Perhaps ScotRail could take an interest along with looking at options for the South Sub.
Well u gotta dream…
If we're going to dream, we could have a network of "suburbans" (trolley cars), like they used to in the US, upgraded to tram / light-rail...
...that would take in all of the commuter belt towns between and around Edinburgh and Glasgow. If they did it in 1925, they can shurely* do it in 2025.
*Momentarily forgetting that Britain is completely bogged down in a quagmire of bureaucracy
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