Dear Spurtle
The exposed solum in Princes Street is a welcome sign that Edinburgh's tram project has resumed with a vengeance.
But should the Council really be permitting its navvies to set up an encampment in St Andrew Square? The whole area now looks rather tawdry and, as we have seen from the recent problems at Dale Farm, once established, these sort of unauthorised developments can be somewhat difficult and expensive to remove.
But perhaps these costs have already been fully budgeted for now that the project is finally being properly managed and we are promised no more financial overuns?
John Eoin Douglas
(Spey Terrace)