ONE of Scotland's biggest transport projects is no longer economically viable due to the failure of a local property boom and steep drop in projected passenger numbers, the Government has been warned.
ONE of Scotland's biggest transport projects is no longer economically viable due to the failure of a local property boom and steep drop in projected passenger numbers, the Government has been warned.
HISTORIC: The old viaduct at Newtongrange, part of the former Borders rail route.
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ROBBIE DINWOODIE CHIEF SCOTTISH POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
The controversial £350 million Borders Railway has suffered from the failure of plans to build hundreds of houses along the route and a fall in the predicted number of people making return trips from 976,000 to 647,136, according to a report for Transport Scotland.
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