A tram went on display outside Jenners, on Princes Street in Edinburgh The chairman of Edinburgh’s beleaguered trams project, David Mackay, has resigned with immediate effect.
After stepping down, the transport expert, who was chairman of both Edinburgh Trams and Lothian Buses, criticised the German contractors.
In an interview with The Scotsman newspaper, Mr Mackay described Bilfinger Berger as “delinquent”.
Work on the tram system is on hold due to a dispute between the contractor and city-council owned tram developer Tie.
Mr Mackay told the newspaper: “Bilfinger Berger was a delinquent contractor who scented a victim, who probably greatly underbid and would use the contract to make life extremely difficult for the city. And they have done exactly that.”
He went on: “We had found crazy things like underground chambers on Princes Street and cables were not where they should be – it was hell on wheels.”
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