Acrimony over a plan to build new premises for one of Scotland’s biggest schools on a public park is showing no let up as a consultation enters its final week.
City of Edinburgh Council wants to site Portobello High on green space and is seeking a private bill in the Scottish Parliament to overturn a legal ruling blocking the move, in what one supporter admits is a “last throw of the dice”.
Tempers flared at a public meeting last week attended by more than 300 people, including some children.
The wrangle has split the local community for almost a decade, with mutual accusations of self-interest against the two main campaign groups and the council being widely blamed for delaying the process unnecessarily.
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