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Funding announcement: BRT for Liverpool and new buses and more trams - knutstransport - 04/06/2025 16:27
£1.6bn for Liverpool city region for a Bus Rapid System, similar to the Belfast Glider, serving the airport and the football stadia. Plus a new bus fleet in St Helens and the Wirral.
£2.5bn for Greater Manchester including 1000 new electric buses and Metrolink expansion, with the intention of "Bee Network" being 100% electric by 2030.
Outside the region it also includes a West Yorkshire Mass Transit and trams to Birmingham's new sports quarter.
RE: Funding announcement: BRT for Liverpool and new buses and more trams - childwallblues - 05/06/2025 12:09
Same money as the Tory Government promised in 2023.
Still no tram system.
RE: Funding announcement: BRT for Liverpool and new buses and more trams - 507022 - 05/06/2025 16:06
The Metro Mayor wanted something in place as soon as possible. With the termination of the Merseytram scheme in 2013, it would take years to build a new network as well as causing road chaos whilst building it.
RE: Funding announcement: BRT for Liverpool and new buses and more trams - childwallblues - 05/06/2025 20:07
(05/06/2025 16:06)507022 Wrote: The Metro Mayor wanted something in place as soon as possible. With the termination of the Merseytram scheme in 2013, it would take years to build a new network as well as causing road chaos whilst building it.Other Mayors can build new tram lines.
A pathetic excuse.