{"id":26028,"date":"2019-02-18T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=26028"},"modified":"2019-02-18T12:34:04","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T12:34:04","slug":"countdown-to-decision-day-for-edinburgh-trams-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=26028","title":{"rendered":"Countdown to decision day for Edinburgh Trams continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 14th March 2019 will be a significant day for the future of Edinburgh Trams. It will be on that day that councillors from the City of Edinburgh Council meet to decide on whether to press ahead with plans to extend the line along Leith Walk to Newhaven \u2013 based on the results of the Final Business Case. Councillors have been given access to this in a special room before it is made public to help them reach their decision but, and let\u2019s be honest about this, most had probably already made up their minds before seeing the document as opinions on major projects such as this are already pretty much entrenched based on previous experience and political persuasion.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->In a recent series of articles in the Edinburgh Evening News both sides of the political spectrum have given their opinions. On the \u201cFor\u201d side were Leader and Deputy Leader of the Council (SNP and Labour) whilst the \u201cAgainst\u201d opinion was put forward by a representative from the Scottish Conservatives. It is not our place to repeat in depth their comments as we have already covered the main arguments previously but they can be read online:<\/p>\n<p>For &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/news\/opinion\/council-leaders-we-believe-in-case-to-take-edinburgh-trams-to-leith-and-newhaven-1-4872054\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Against &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com\/news\/opinion\/trams-to-leith-it-s-time-to-deploy-some-pessimism-bias-john-mclellan-1-4872874\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is likely that the next month or so will include plenty of claim and counter claim as we wait to see whether Edinburgh does get a bigger tram system or not.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26029\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?attachment_id=26029\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26029\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26029\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-26029\" title=\"poster-rc\" src=\"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/poster-rc-550x395.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/poster-rc-550x395.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/poster-rc-1024x736.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/poster-rc.jpg 1236w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Not everyone is keen on the extension as can be seen from this poster in the window of a caf\u00e9 on Leith Walk. So far there doesn\u2019t seem to have been a concerted anti-tram campaign but this one seems to be targeting how accessible the tram will be for locals. (Photograph by Roy Calderwood)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday 14th March 2019 will be a significant day for the future of Edinburgh Trams. 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