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Prioritising everything prioritises nothing
Edinburgh Evening News
|May 05, 2025
Edinburgh Council's Transport and Environment convener last week announced that some travel projects would be 'paused'.
Exactly which projects will become clear in time, but this rationalisation goes straight to the heart of an issue sitting at the centre of the council's programmes.
Namely, that the council is continually writing cheques it cannot seem to cash.
Take my own ward in west Edinburgh for example - speed limit changes agreed in 2019 still not delivered, major junction works two years overdue and pedestrian connections mired in delay.
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