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Council loses crucial trams dispute

Edinburgh’s tram developers have lost a significant dispute with contractors in a ruling that is likely to add millions of pounds to the cost of the troubled project, The Herald has learned.

An independent arbiter bought in to decide on the disagreement between Transport Initiatives Edinburgh (Tie), the council-owned company overseeing the project, and the consortium BSC, led by construction giant Bilfinger Berger, has found significantly in favour of the latter.