Marvellous trams

Over the past months most reports and letters I have read have been highly critical of the work on the Edinburgh tram lines. I should like to put on record my support for this courageous and far-sighted venture.

The new tram system is the best thing to have been built in our city since the construction of Edinburgh Castle. No matter how long it takes, how much it costs or how much it has been a disruption to traffic in the city centre, when finished I am certain that all Edinburgh citizens will accept it as a magnificent achievement and worth every penny.

I hope too that when the first tram leaves St Andrew Square on its way to the airport that the Edinburgh Council will have declared the day a public holiday.

I would like to donate several thousand flags in the shape of a tram car for school children to wave at Jenny Dawe, who will proudly be standing beside the tram driver. By that time she will certainly have appeared in the Queen’s Honours List.

Please excuse me writing this letter with a soft crayon. We are not allowed any sharp objects in this ward.

Ian McLaren

Bramdean Rise

Edinburgh