Tram bosses fear residents being zapped by power lines

By Rory Reynolds

TRAM BOSSES want to ban Edinburgh house-holders form washing their windows – in case they get ZAPPED by power lines.

Thousands of people living on streets where overhead cables are installed will have to ask for permission from tram bosses to clean their own windows in case electrocute themselves in the process,.

The flaw is just one of the new features that the city will have to get used to, with tram bosses issuing tips on how to cope with the new changes.

The decision has already been taken to build extra-tall 20ft poles on Princes Street to stop the wires electrocuting tourists on open top buses.

Controversially TIE, the tram project delivery firm, have shunned technology that foregoes on-board running equipment, in favour of traditional tram lines.