Edinburgh was fortunately saved from this future, there was supposed to be a highway going through…

sronti: > sztupy: > >> ayeforscotland: >> >>> Council response supports demolition of M8 stretch through city centre >>> >>> Holy shit yes, please right this historic wrong. >> >> FINALLY! >> >> The entire section from there up until the M74 should go though. > > Jesus fucking Christ this is an abomination. Edinburgh was fortunately saved from this future, there was supposed to be a highway going through the Holyrood Park. The on-ramp is still there, a weird 4 lane road in the middle of a residential neighborhood: Street View · Google Maps Thank god this wasn’t built eventually (instead the A720 City Bypass was done in the outskirts), a highway through Central Edinburgh and Holyrood Park would have been a massive montrosity The forgotten Edinburgh motorway plan that would have destroyed the Old Town