TRAM: British and Australian (American usually streetcar also trolley) noun [C] An electric vehicle that transports people, usually in cities, and goes along metal tracks in the road. (Taken from the Cambridge English Dictionary)
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SNP TOLD TO FIND FUNDING FOR EXTRA TRAM LINES
Trams for Edinburgh – Tuesday 11th September 2007
Margo MacDonald, the Independent Lothians MSP, has urged the SNP led Scottish Government to find extra funding now for further lines on the Trams for Edinburgh network, claiming it makes sense to do so now rather than spend money on half a sysyem.
Ms MacDonald has told The Scotsman: “I'm fighting for the whole system. I want to see a system that is going to make it easier for people in Edinburgh to get to and from their work. We know the places where large numbers of people work on one site - the hospital, the Royal Bank, the Exchange area and the city centre."
She wants to see the loop from Haymarket to Granton, the link to Newhaven and the line to the airport all funded and built, saying that in these areas: “are the very people we want to get into the trams. They have to be able to get to and from their work and there will be so many of them buses won't cope."
Cllr Phil Wheeler, transport leader, said: “If the funding can be found to complete lines one and two as previously agreed by parliament and develop Tramline Three to the Infirmary and beyond I would be delighted. Working on the Dublin model, once they had got a couple of lines in, there was a great appetite for lines all over the place. I would hope the same might happen here, but we would have to find the funds from the public purse or developer contributions."
But obviously the SNP are not so keen on the idea – having previously said that they will not be giving a penny more than that already promised – a spokeswoman said: “We've made clear we're supporting Phase 1a, then it's up to them."
