When the Carlton Hill Folly was built in Edinburgh many years ago, it was thought to be a disgrace that it was never completed, however, this bit of foolishness has been overshadowed well and truly by the continuing saga of the trams to nowhere !!! Having dug up Leith Walk, Princes Street, the West End and Shandwick Place, looks like it was all a pointless exercise apart from an attempt by Edinburgh City Council to get a mention in the Guinness Book of Records for the biggest waste of public funds.
Latest news is that it might run from Gogar to Haymarket Station, probably with a link to the airport, and the incoming / outgoing tourists will need to resort back to the bus again to and from Haymarket - THAT IS, provided the Council can reach an agreement with the contractors - if not they can walk away and claim compensation from the Council - which will leave us with tracks in Prices Street going nowhere ( a bit like the "Bridge to Nowhere" up in Lewis), and no doubt the already laid tracks from Haymarket out to Gogar and the Airport will be pinched during the night by the "tinkies" who will probably arrive in droves and take over the Gogar Depot and the Park and Rides once again.
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