Edinburgh Townscape : Pipelaying in Queensferry Street

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Edinburgh Townscape : Pipelaying in Queensferry Street

Image: © Richard West Taken: 18 May 2011

As a former Edinburgh resident who moved out to the coastal delights of East Lothian in the late 1990s, I am appalled by the current state of Edinburgh. It is rude, dirty, scruffy, congested and plagued by road works, road closures and ever changing traffic management schemes that are a hazard to pedestrians. Here's an example in Queensferry Street.

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Image Location

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Latitude
55.951533
Longitude
-3.211743