It was brilliant to hear Richard speak last night. He understands the scandal of project mismanagement with the years of delay, of mistakes, of work having to be redone, of unfortunate choices being made and of massive overspent budgets causing even more problems. He told us that he is chivvying them along to better performance.
Richard also said he is wanting economic growth. For myself, economic growth can only come with ecological growth to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The Biggest Scandal is this:-
"Light rail investment (tram extensions) provides the basis for restoring heavy rail services (railway trains) at the appropriate time."
Tom Magrath, Passenger Services Director, Centro in a letter to me dated 18 September 2000. Yes, 24 years ago when speaking of the £1 billion Dudley Tram for 10.1 Kms on the 120 Kms half used railway between Worcester and Derby, between two UK capital cities!
Hence, the Dudley Tram destroying the UK's very last principal mainline railway "of national strategic significance",
IN ORDER TO GET THE FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAINS BACK!! What a bizarre way of reinstating urban railways in the West Midlands! This is the unchanged railway map from 2003:
SAVE THE £6.1 BILLION to 2032 on tram extensions and the £15 billion to 2040 (2020 figure.) Use the money in this way:-
Tram HQ, at WMCA HQ, themselves tell us that trams are "buses on rails". So give us electric and hydrogen buses without them having to go on railway tracks as trams. Tram tracks are high in GHG emissions with all the steel and concrete.
Use the many billions to extend Fare-free Public Transport from my old codgers age group to the youngsters like you.
Use the funds to bring in:-
Car commuters FREE UP ROAD SPACE by being rewarded for leaving their cars at home and getting FREE travel on bus, train and tram to avoid the stinging CAR COMMUTING CHARGE. Old geezers like me have had it for 17 years. Why not you youngsters? Speak up for yourselves!
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