Not expected to be opened for 20 years. Line capacity at Water Orton is the primary cause for line not opening earlier."
MY COMMENT
If they are well able to sort out the extra capacity at Water Orton in 20 years time, why can they not do it now? Relieving road and railway congestion is more urgent - and NOW - than giving us highly expensive, high impact, highly dubious vanity projects like HS2, Metro and Sprint.
The whole Sutton Line from Wolverhampton, Walsall to Brum should be reopened in one go to ensure profitability and to ease congestion and air pollution, now. Together with the 120 Kms Black Country Mainline Railway "of national strategic significance" (letter to self dated 8 March from DfT, quoting Network Rail) for regional and commuter trains and never for trams or tram trains or train trams! We won over stopping the trams going on the Camp Hill Line. We won over trains for the Black Country Railway from Stourbridge Jct to Canal Street tram stop.
I would like many more people to join me in asking for the abandonment of Metro, Sprint and CAZ and for all those monies to go into scrapping bus fares to entice car commuters to leave their cars at home to free up road space for essential users of vehicles. There needs to be a sea change in attitudes, as there has been over smoking in buildings. There would still be millions of pounds left to bring in electric buses for the 'if you can't bike it, bus it brigade'. Further:
Every nearside lane of dual carriageways should be a bus lane and traffic light priority for buses are also essential.
No more digging up of roads for tram lines. Always, in working hours at least, jumping on the fareless electric bus to get into the city or town centres.
No guided busways, either!
No more prestigious vanity projects like Metro and Sprint. Both are a complete waste of money, and a shocking misuse of taxpayers' money.
And, I would love the Green Party and Four Oaks Neighbourhood Forum to get fully behind me! Please come to my public meeting:
Can I come to "the W. Mids Mayor in November" meeting in Sutton? Is it an 'Ask Andy' one?
Best wishes and thanks again for writing. Much appreciated.
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