BCWanderer is correct. Peter Madeley has done a brilliant job in uncovering this financial scandal. I have uncovered how Mayor Andy has allowed the development of the region's railways for TRAMS and a MUWAY of all things!! Two former mainline railways have been used for trams when, at a fraction of the price, both could have had their commuter, regional and even freight trains back at a fraction of the cost now squandered on Metro trams.
The UK's major, 22 Kms Black Country Cycle-Walk Mudway is on two former railway lines too but, unbelievably, Andy and the authorities cannot even do that job correctly and their incompetence has turned sections in all three council areas into impassable mud!!
Andy said "All three projects are full steam ahead" 25 July 2023
On Radio WM, on Kath's 10 am Show, Andy said:
"You are not right in saying that they were suspended ... it is bad that Pipers Row extension is late but we are testing trams on that. It will open very soon now subject to the testing ... WBHE has definitely never been suspended."
TIM WELLER This is incorrect. In the early summer of 2022, the whole WBHE had to be stopped because of a shortfall of money to finish it. It was therefore split into two phases. That means it WAS suspended. "WBHE Phase 2 now has the funding for the tram from Dudley to Merry Hill, so construction will go ahead ... All three projects are full steam ahead."
TIM WELLER The full WBHE was to terminate at Cottage St, Brierley Hill, not at Merry Hill and where is the new termination, at the shopping centre? WBHE is curtailed and cannot be completed because of its enormous cost. Andy failed to make that clear on the radio on 25 July. He hid embarrassing failings by the Combined Authority that the Express and Star uncovered, as here: See https://www.
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