Edinburgh trams: Contractors admit concrete blunder [Evening News]





Date: 09/08/2013

BLUNDERING workmen have derailed the trams project by cracking vital concrete sleepers setting back the clearance of vital roadworks and dealing a blow to any notion of the trains running by Christmas. An original estimate of four weeks to fix a concrete problem between Haymarket and Shandwick Place is now likely to take in excess of four months, leaked e-mails have revealed. It is understood the delays have occurred after concrete sleepers used to stabilise the tracks were cracked during drilling to remove the rest of the incorrectly laid concrete. The bungle raises questions about the ability to hit the December deadline the council is believed to have been privately working towards. The Evening News first reported in late May that more than 150 metres of concrete would need to be relaid through the West End after several areas failed quality assurance tests. The stretch of route affected is believed to be closer to 500m.


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Looking towards the West End over Shandwick Place tram stop on 9 August 2013. Some additional remedial work has recently been identified on this stretch [see news item].
Location: West End - Princes Street [Tram]
Company: Edinburgh Trams
09/08/2013 John Furnevel


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