Travelling in our wonderful capital city can be chaotic at the best of times - but with work going on in the city centre preparing for the return of trams in 2011, it's even more of a nightmare for the poor, harrassed citizens of Auld Reekie.
From Saturday, Shandwick Place will be closed to all vehicles - for five months! The good people of Dublin say when their beautiful city underwent the same transformation for a tram network four years ago, they had similar problems - constant road closures and incessant delays in the city centre. But now, they say, the inconvenience was worth it as they have a wonderful tram system and the city is all the better for it. But we are Edinburgh...
As well as Leith Walk being dug up there are new gas pipes being laid in South Clerk Street and roadworks at Cameron Toll. If you live in Dalkeith you also have to put up with the Council's fetish for digging up road after road in the town and with temporary traffic lights at just about every ten yards.
It would be nice to think that, three years from now, there will be a superb tram service in Edinburgh, the port of Leith will be a thriving redeveloped new town and getting from A to B will be as simple and as quick as possible.
But as I've said- we are Edinburgh...
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