Plans for £2 bill investment in transport

5 Nov 2021 

Thanks for the email, Dave.  Now this:

https://www.wmca.org.uk/news/plans-for-2bn-investment-in-tram-rail-bus-and-cycling-set-out-in-government-funding-bid/

EXTRACT:

This includes £280 million towards both improvements to the existing West Midlands Metro network and for the design and detailed planning work for the next series of extensions:

• Wednesbury to Walsall along the disused railway line
• Wolverhampton city centre to New Cross Hospital
• Hagley Road, Birmingham and Sandwell
• Brierley Hill to Stourbridge 

City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement includes: 

Detailed planning for new Metro lines:

• Wednesbury to Walsall
• Wolverhampton to New Cross Hospital
• Hagley Road
• And the refurbishment and upgrade of the original Birmingham to Wolverhampton line