'They went from trying to destroy the main tram contractor to being its lapdog'

Lord Hardie delivers his damning verdict on the council's botched building of its original £830million tram line; plus facing up to Edinburgh's population timebomb

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Sep 19, 2023

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The construction of Edinburgh’s original tram line was disastrously mismanaged and resulted in the needless waste of huge amounts of public money and damage to the city’s reputation.

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