Get your ass into gear Burns - Do it now!

The city of Edinburgh’s traffic guru Andrew ‘Bumbling Andy’ Burns can be grateful he doesn’t have to be transported to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary between Liberton Drive and Kingston Avenue and he is telling patients with spinal injuries to go screw themselves until he decides when he will report back to the Council executive and […]

The Trams - ooops

TIMETABLE OF SETBACKS

June 2003: Transport chiefs admit a Scottish Executive grant of £375 million might not cover project costs.
December 2003: Cost of two tram lines put at £473m, leaving the project with a huge financial shortfall.
January 2005: Lengthy parliamentary process puts back estimated completion from the year 2008 to 2009.
September 2005: The Evening News reveals […]

So who will win?

Well the bids are in from the companies who will smooch up to Andrew ‘Bumbling Andy’ Burns to get the pleasure of pissing off some motorists in Edinburgh.
There is quite a rake of cash to be had by the winning bidder so what do we have to choose from:

Central Parking System
In Edinburgh, the Enforcers have […]

Council paid £4.5 million to lawyers

It seems that the trams are costing a bit more than the Council would have us believe thanks to findings made by the SNP through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
Donald ‘Teflon Don’ Anderson the council leader after paying the money had the bare-faced cheek to attack the fact that he paid it. 
“From the start, […]

Congestion charge anniversary

It’s exactly a year to the day since Edinburgh said no to to the Labour administration on congestion charging.
Three quarters of residents voted against the plan to charge two pounds to drive into the city centre. Perhaps a fitting day for Bumbling Andy Burns’ resignation?
It seems that Transport Edinburgh have now gone to sleep in […]

Sound Off - and they did!

Tonight’s Evening News’ sound off was lively. For those who missed it, here are the edited highlights:

Put trams to vote
I THINK they should have a referendum on the trams. They will cost a lot of money and they won’t serve all of Edinburgh - not only that, there’s the upheaval it’s going to cause.
Margaret […]