My bee in my bonnet, as you know, is no democratic debate, for and against, as regards spending £1.6 billion, now on Metro trams replacing buses and trains. With a total of £15 billion on mainly tram extensions to 2040 that is Andy Street's intention. It will almost certainly be taken on by Liam Byrne, if he is elected on 6 May. Again, never a public debate in any of the seven council chambers as to whether this is wise/sensible expenditure of public money!
The money, instead, for trains/stations back on the remaining 97 Kms of railway lines that are mothballed or freight only and don't get trams or a test track; FFPT for all on bus priority roads; and, the major, commuter/leisure route of 22 Kms Black Country Cycle-Walk Mudway upgraded/transformed to encourage use!
My black biro circles mark the cycle-walk mudway:
where I have written 'boundary' is the border between S Staffs and Dudley on the railway line that is now a cycle-walk mudway open to the public:
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