Dear Tim - and copied to those you need to ask - please. Tim Sunter is a former leader of Dudley Council and Brierley Hill community leader.
I have just read this tweet from Chris Packham:
"Look who is killing the world . . . it’s us thanks to & who once again ensure we will remain one of the most nature depleted countries on earth thanks to big agriculture & it’s greedy dependence on a cocktail of chemicals."
The Metro alignment only has to be moved 2 or 3 metres to the west and put on stilts directly above the water of the canal to save the grass embankment and these trees (plus, possibly, part of my landscape enhancement scheme!):-
The track would then leave the canal, itself at the 'Bailey' bridge for the terminus stop and so avoids taking any of the High Plateau land that is urgently needed for energy efficient and energy generating eco-homes.
The German engineers put a railway line above a river and roads. Extract:
" ... the first track opened in 1901. The railway line is credited with growth of the original cities and their eventual merger into Wuppertal.[2] The Schwebebahn is still in use as a normal means of local public transport, moving 25 million passengers annually, per the 2008 annual report.[3] New rail cars were ordered in 2015, called Generation 15, and the first new car went into service in December 2016.
"The Schwebebahn runs along a route of 13.3 kilometres (8.3 mi), at a height of about 12 metres (39 ft) above the River Wupper between Oberbarmen and Sonnborner Straße (10 kilometres or 6.2 miles) and about 8 metres (26 ft) above the valley road between Sonnborner Straße and Vohwinkel (3.3 kilometres or 2.1 miles).[4][5] At one point the railway crosses the A46 motorway. The entire trip takes about 30 minutes.[5] ... The modernization was completed and the line fully reopened on 19 August 2013. "
Prevent nature getting yet another hammering - please. And leave more land for housing.
Best wishes and many thanks
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