Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Bill Committee, 28 Jun 2005

Meeting date: Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Official Report 198KB pdf

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Proposed Route Changes

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I welcome the press and public to the Edinburgh Tram (Line Two) Bill Committee's ninth meeting this year. I begin by asking everyone please to switch off their mobile phones and pagers.

Agenda item 1 has appeared rather unexpectedly on the promoter's behalf. As members will recall, we agreed at our meeting last week to investigate the merits of alternative alignments that the promoter has proposed. That decision meant that a new objection period for prospective objectors was needed, which was to commence on Friday 24 June. However, the promoter's memorandum sets out the problems that the promoter has had in meeting that date and requests instead that the new objection period commence this Friday. I note that representatives of the promoter are in the public gallery, so I make it clear that what has happened is totally and utterly unacceptable. If such a thing arises in the future, we will not accept the situation.

The decision for the committee is on whether to agree to the promoter's request for the new objection period to begin a week later. Is that agreed?

Members indicated agreement.