December 15, 2004
More roadworks muppetry
angry traders argue that the huge encampment set up by contractors has scared away customers and left them badly out of pocket
What the contractors have built is a large white dome that stretches all the way across the Royal Mile and halfway across the junction... and since you can't see over/around it, if you didn't know any better and were walking up the street you might think it marked the end of the Royal Mile and miss the Lawnmarket behind it.
And the Council/contractors haven't closed the surrounding roads either, so cars drive up to the dome before having to do a three point turn and go back the way they came.
Brilliant planning.
Those of us who have lived in Edinburgh for a while will remember that the council also had to rebuild the intersection of the Royal Mile and the Bridges, where the pretty cobblestones were laid on a bed of dirt, which promptly washed away under the weight of traffic and which had to be replaced by a concrete foundation. Whoops.
