I have lived and worked in Edinburgh long before the Tram was first mooted in 2007. I have watched the drama unfold and it has had more twists and turns than the most complex ancient Greek labyrinth.

The cost has gone up and up and the length of the Tram line has become shorter and shorter. The cost of the 8.7 miles (24 kilometres) line, which starts near Edinburgh airport and ends in the city centre, presently totals £776 million ($1300 million at today’s generous (in favour of sterling) exchange rate). Most of that money came from Scottish taxpayers and an additional, smaller, amount from the citizens of Edinburgh. A couple of years ago a Public Enquiry was promised to fully investigate the decisions made and costs involved in bringing a tram line back to Edinburgh. Recent calls for that Public Enquiry have been ignored and there is a suspicion that the local and national ‘political class’ do not want to come under any scrutiny.

In light of that an Edinburgh solicitor, Daniel Donaldson, decided to set up a public petition calling for an investigation, in great detail, of the entire project. 10,000 names are required for the on-line petition to be recognised by our politicians. To sign the petition, where ever you live, go to: www.tramsinquiry.org.uk (you will be re-directed to a legitimate on-line petitions web site) If 10,000 people sign the petition then, at last, the citizens of Edinburgh might get a few answers.