City of Edinburgh Council has published a map detailing the proposed traffic diversions which may come into force during lengthy tramworks on York Place. A pdf is available in the file at the foot of this page.
Residents in Albany Street and Heriot Row will not be happy. Neither will those in Abercromby Place, not least because the Council cannot even get the name of their road right.
Spurtle had understood that long-distance bus stances would be repositioned on St Andrew Square and Waterloo Place during temporary closure of the Elder Street bus station. This graphic shows no such change. We will seek clarification.
As reported in Breaking news (3.7.12), officials will report back to the New Town and Broughton Community Council at the end of the month once they have modelled various tweaks and alternatives to this scheme suggested by locals.