Over £1 BILLION to destroy UK's last principal mainline railway "of national strategic significance" = SCANDAL

11 Kms of tramway for £660.8 million PLUS cost of Wednesbury to Flood Street 5.5 Kms = over £1 BILLION total = idiocy and incompetence when the railway is

 "of national strategic significance".pdf

and is now a tramway, a VLR test track, VLR/BCIMO HQ, a cycle-walkway and fresh air!

 40 short statements never corrected or even challenged

June 2023 cost of 11 Kms WBHE tram was to be £650 m from https://www.expressandstar.com/news/politics/2023/06/06/wednesbury-to-brierley-hill-metro-extension-cost-rockets-650-million/

November 2024 cost for the last half to be built is now £660.8 m from Flood Street to Merry Hill Shopping Centre, according to https://governance.wmca.org.uk/documents/s20364/Wednesbury%20Brierley%20Hill%20Metro%20Extension%20Phase2.pdf

and para 10.4 that shows, Flood Street to Merry Hill alone is £660.8 m for 5.5 Kms.

DO NOT APPROVE THIS MADNESS ON FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2024 WMCA BOARD MEETING

Tim Weller