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Campaign groups say the proposed path would be too narrow to share with trams and they have raised concerns about the impact on trees and wildlife.

The plans show 70% of the trees would be retained along the path with reports saying 25% of the vegetation "needing scaling back due to it being dead, diseased or invasive species".

Battery-operated trams would mitigate the loss of some of the canopy of trees as there would be no need for overhead lines, according to the proposals.

"Edinburgh is the UK's greenest city, with almost half of the city being classed as green space and more trees per person than any other city in the UK," he added.

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