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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Craig Paton

Council on track to meet ‘optimistic’ Princes Street deadline as £5m announced

Deputy First Minister Jenny Gilruth visited the site on Wednesday (Lisa Ferguson/The Scotsman/PA) - (PA Wire)

Edinburgh’s Princes Street is on track to open by the “optimistic” deadline set by the council, Scotland’s Deputy First Minister has said, as she announced £5 million in support for the fire-hit thoroughfare.

A blaze ripped through the former Debenhams department store on the Scottish capital’s busiest shopping street in early July, forcing the road to be closed ahead of its busiest period during the Edinburgh Festivals.

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