Row derails tram project

20 August 2009

A new row has broken out at Edinburgh City Council after a report warned that the consortium constructing the city’s tram project was to make more demands for extra money.

The council has now taken legal action against the design and build consortium over delays in delivery of the £500M project.
It also warned of a potential cash shortfall in the project, which is already late and over budget.

Edinburgh’s transport convenor, Gordon MacKenzie, said: ‘We have lodged formal dispute papers with the consortium. We are unhappy with the progress of the tram project.’

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