The Scandal, the Scam and the Sin for faith leaders to address

I want our Christian and all faith leaders to speak out against this immorality and, quite honestly, plain stupidity.  Will YOU do so?

THE SCANDAL

In 42 years, only 23 Kms of Metro tramline are open, costing £100s million of taxpayers' money in salaries of office staff, purchase of trams and in construction.  200 Kms was wanted by 2000, 23 years ago!

18 Kms of those 23 Kms were on a former mainline railway that was never connected to even the bus station let alone the railway station in Wolverhampton that was the case for 100 years with the trains!

An even more important mainline railway "of national strategic significance" is being used for trams on only 5.5 Kms out of 56 Kms that is STILL without the commuter, regional and freight trains between Stourbridge Jct and Burton on Trent.  This is the Worcester to Derby Railway on one of only two N-S lines between Brum and the Irish Sea!

There remains 99.5 Kms, in Brum, the Black Country, S Staffs that are mothballed for eventual trains or, are freight only!

THE SCAM

High Scam 2 trains only stop at 3 terminal stations, two airports and some will divert into Brum and Crewe.  A branch into E Mids Parkway is hoped for.  PUT TRAINS ON THE RAILWAY LINES WE STILL HAVE!

Therefore, every intercity train must remain in service for all those towns and cities that High Scam 2 is far too fast to stop at!

Capacity is increased only from providing a high speed line between the N edge of London and two other cities and their airports.  Yet, it results in the destruction of nature, more pressure on water supplies - costing tens of billions of pounds in price and in weight of greenhouse gases.

Another SIN of omission!

For over 15 years, I have enjoyed free public transport throughout the West Midlands and, in all of England as regards buses.  I really don't need it!

Yet, I get held up on the bus as rush hour cars take commuters into Brum city centre when they do not need the cars for their work.

These people should have the Fare-Free Public Transport since they must travel into work and, in so doing, would free up the road space for essential vehicle users, like mobile/shift workers, the work bus and regular buses.  FREE education, health and regional rail/national bus use.

Very expensive land is taken for car parking for commuter cars that could be used for apartments for the badly housed, migrants and our own children.  Save the countryside for food grown to feed us all.