By NO BYLINE WORK on Edinburgh's tram line was getting under way in earnest on Leith Walk today. The first stage of the roadworks involves moving and protecting utility pipes and cables at a section of Leith Walk from McDonald Road to Duke Street.

By NO BYLINE WORK on Edinburgh's tram network is due to start on Leith Walk on Monday morning. The first stage of the roadworks will involve moving and protecting utility pipes and cables. Trams bosses aim to keep disruption to a minimum but asked people to bear with them during the upheaval.

By NO BYLINE PARKING bays next to the route of the tram line on Leith Walk are set to be saved after local traders raised fears that removing them would lose them business.

By ALASTAIR DALTON TRANSPORT CORRESPONDENT MOTORISTS were yesterday warned that Scotland's most extensive programme of roadworks ever will cause traffic disruption until 2011.

By ALASTAIR DALTON IT WILL involve looking out for unexploded bombs, potential archaeological traces and even the remains of Edinburgh's former tramway.