November 4 2010

David Mackay, chairman of Transport Edinburgh, Lothian Buses and Edinburgh Trams has resigned with immediate effect from all three positions.

MacKay stated he was seeking a “calmer” life having overseen Edinburgh Trams for the past two years, a position he described as “challenging,” “difficult” and “complex”.

Despite incurring substantial cost overruns in the delayed tram project Mackay claimed in a statement “…our imperative to protect the public purse has been notably successful.”

In a subsequent interview with the Scotman however MacKay branded the £545m tram project as “hell on wheels”, admitting to the paper: “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."

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