Former principal mainline railway being turned into tramway, test track and cycle-walkway in the Black Country (Sandwell and Dudley boroughs in W Midlands); and, South Staffordshire.
Before my 15 mins chat with Alex B, I would like you both to please consider my suggestion, here that you write to Louise Haigh, Sec of State for Transport, to:-
Request a comparative business case to be written
Former principal mainline railway being turned into tramway, test track and cycle-walkway in the Black Country (Sandwell and Dudley boroughs in W Midlands); and, South Staffordshire.
It would be wonderful if both of you could PLEASE write to the DfT asking if a business case might be written to complement and compare with the one being prepared for the West Midlands Metro tram, Phase Two of the Wednesbury, Brierley Hill Extension (WBHE).
For thirty years I have been fighting, single handedly, to save my vertical guerrilla garden, much more of nature, public open space and housing land at Merry Hill Shopping Centre from the 400 metre, £100 million, tramway viaduct. Their wish to reduce congestion and air pollution can be achieved much more cheaply and sensibly by keeping the tram on the railway
down to Stourbridge Jct to connect with the national railway network. Far more useful, now that the tram has gone on the railway instead of commuter, regional and intercity trains being used at a fraction of the price!
Plan here:
There needs to be a comparative study with a second business case written to show the far greater financial and transport advantages of connecting the Dudley Tram to the national railway network, rather than leaving it at Cottage Street, Brierley Hill, in the middle of nowhere, as is the intention of Transport for West Midlands and the Combined Authority, would you believe!
This is my photo of where the climate impacting tramway viaduct is to go:
and the official photo, below that plays down the impact because the canal embankment with the viaduct is in the background in their photo. From their plan, the viaduct goes over the top of the guerrilla garden and not to the right as in their photo. MMA is Midland Metro Alliance:
Many thanks for your help and best wishes
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