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H18sry
24-04-2008, 08:10 AM
It has just been on the BBC news, that Princes Street is too close completely to traffic for at least 6 months next year, to allow the tram lines to be laid :bitchy:

All the traffic will be decanted along Queen Street :brickwall



I can see a lot more traffic problems arising soon :grr:
col02
24-04-2008, 09:36 AM
I assume as always it is outwith tourist season meaning it is only residents who pay their council tax that will suffer the most? Thank God i am moving out of Edinburgh in a couple years time as the city is becoming a joke for residents to live in with the usual pre April budget phantom repairs to roads that are not that bad anyway.
Pheona
24-04-2008, 10:04 AM
Oh goodie! I can't wait for that one.

:grr:
MSK
24-04-2008, 10:15 AM
It has just been on the BBC news, that Princes Street is too close completely to traffic for at least 6 months next year, to allow the tram lines to be laid :bitchy:

All the traffic will be decanted along Queen Street :brickwall



I can see a lot more traffic problems arising soon :grr:Can it really get any worse ?
Tomsk
24-04-2008, 10:24 AM
I assume as always it is outwith tourist season meaning it is only residents who pay their council tax that will suffer the most? Thank God i am moving out of Edinburgh in a couple years time as the city is becoming a joke for residents to live in with the usual pre April budget phantom repairs to roads that are not that bad anyway.

What road repairs? The roads throughout Edinburgh are a total disgrace and are never repaired!

What you are referring to are traffic calming measures, an Orwellian phrase for road humps, street blocking, road narrowing and any other **** intended to make the driver's life a misery.
Wembley67
24-04-2008, 11:39 AM
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Princes-Street-trafficfree-from-January.4015531.jp

Initially I thought the trams may be a good idea....but this is starting to take the piss now :grr:
PiemanP
24-04-2008, 01:37 PM
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Princes-Street-trafficfree-from-January.4015531.jp

Initially I thought the trams may be a good idea....but this is starting to take the piss now :grr:

is it all really worth it :brickwall the congestion problems at the moment are just the tip of the iceberg. how much is the whole trams thing going to cost aswell, anyone got a figure??

edit just read the article...508 million :eek: