Looks like you spoke to soon! Five month delay..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-36...

That almost makes up for the over-spends on the Edinburgh trams, and the Scottish Parliament!

(Speaking as an Edinburgh bloke who lived through the significant disruption down Leith Walk for a tramline that was never built; I'm not bitter. Though nowadays I live abroad. In a city with multiple tram-lines.)