By Michael MacLeod
EDINBURGH is set to get its own version of the London Eye in a bid to lure over half-a-million tourists to the capital.
Plans for an attraction dubbed “Scotland’s National Wheel” show it will tower 120 metres over the city – twice as high as the Scott Monument.
But designers say the city centre is not big enough for the giant Ferris wheel, and plan to erect it at the Leith Waterfront.
The area was chosen to tie in with a new transport station set to be built next year as part of the city’s ongoing tram project.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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