later in 2002 the council stated they would look at various options for residents' discounts, potentially discounting the charge to 20p for those eligible. in september 2002, the council confirmed the initial proposals with some variations. the outer cordon was now proposed to operate between 0700-1000 and 1600 to 1830, and the inner cordon from 0700-1830, although these modifications would reduce the revenues available to provide the promised transport improvements. in 2003 the concessions were reported to be worth £58million, reducing the funding for transport improvements to £900million. costs for preparing the scheme at the end of 2003 were estimated to be £5.36million and that the council would not proceed with the scheme as a public-private partnership. transport initiatives edinburgh announced £435million for public transport schemes outside of the edinburgh council area.