Dear Editor, I read with interest the arguments for and against the introduction of trams in Edinburgh. I personally feel that £600M is a bit too much to spend on such a scheme as there are other more pressing priorities to be taken into account. For example the roads north of Perth no matter which side of Scotland you travel on are not of the quality required to accommodate large vehicles. It makes more sense to me to spend the money on improving the main road structure, afterall do the residents of Edinburgh need a tram system? No. The lack of imagination and foresight from some of our politicians will cost the city dear.

Mr CJ Litster, Fife

Dear Editor, I had the pleasure of travelling across the River Forth in the hovercraft being trialled in July. Although it proved popular with tourists and visitors many business people suffered as a result. It only took twenty minutes to travel from Portobello to Kirkcaldy but when I arrived in Kirkcaldy there was inadequate transport to take me to the end of my journey. I spent another forty minutes trying to get home to Inverkeithing. I do hope this service will be introduced permanently with an all year round service. Hopefully the organisers will provide adequate transport to compliment this.

Name and address withheld

Dear Editor, One minute the tolls are being scrapped the next minute they are not. Only recently a new toll system was built at the cost of approximately £6M now again there is talk of scrapping the tolls? What is going on? Who is spending all this money and wasting it? Whoever it is there needs to be an enquiry into the spending of public funds and a stop put to all this nonsense.

Mrs K Forster, Scotland

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