roadworks, trams, roadworks, roadworks....
grape
all the roadworks, in particular the chaos in the Princes Street area
this week and also the roadworks down from the Commonwealth Pool which
seems to have been going on for 2 months what the hell are they doing
there???
Tim Bradshaw
I wish it was only two months worth of chaos.
What is wrong with them is some combination of incompetence and
corruption. Things are going to get a lot worse as well, since I
imagine they have been relying on income / backhanders from all the
new housing to fund this whole mess, and that is going to dry up
pretty quickly now.
The whole thing is just a tragedy: when I first came to Edinburgh in
the late 80s I fell in love with it instantly. Now I'm just waiting
to be able to leave and trying not to spend too much time watching
them destroy it.
G Bell
>The whole thing is just a tragedy: when I first came to Edinburgh in
>the late 80s I fell in love with it instantly. Now I'm just waiting
>to be able to leave and trying not to spend too much time watching
>them destroy it.
Seems Boroughloch is the next bit to get the "Developement" treatment,
with plans to build a development of 90-bed student accomodation on the
site as the Royal Company of Archers are looking to make some money. Had
an email at work about this and from what was said at a poorly
advertised public meeting that the council have zero interest in
vernacular architecture leading to the preponderance of awful "Lego
architecture" that is taking over the city. Hope they lose the world
heritage site listing as that's what they deserve by trying to turn
Edinburgh into some sixties throwback; well the bits they didn't destroy
during that glorious decade of official vandalism.
Also noted was that whilst claims that these types of building have a
life of up to one hundred years the reality is that unless as much is
spent on the upkeep as is spent on construction they barely have 30-40
years of usefulness once completed.
Graham