Mr Salmond has "deep misgivings" about the £600 million Edinburgh tram scheme and this is likely to be one of the first victims of the new government's transport agenda.
At the same time, the Executive's new transport minister, Stewart Stevenson, has announced plans to dual the A9 from Perth to Inverness at the same cost, £600 million. The road runs through three SNP constituencies.
It is deeply unfair to suggest that, for base political reasons, the SNP Government would favour one transport scheme over another. (And, in any case, it is the kind of thing that Labour has been doing in the West of Scotland since the year dot.)
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"It would be deeply unfair blah... blah... blah..."
Luckily, the tram scheme shows all the signs of being a stupidly expensive prestige project that makes the A9 scheme sensible in comparison. I dont expect that'll stop some from making the comparison (which you make merely to point out the possibility of such a comparison being made, of course).
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