Roger Evans, Tory GLA Assembly Member and transport spokesman, has found out through a question to the Mayor the final bill for the abortive West London Tram. £34.8 million apparently. A lot of cash for nothing, a nothing that nobody wanted.
Last night Ealing council leader Jason Stacey and the Mayor made a joint announcement about the West London Tram (see announcements here and here). It is dead – as we have known for two weeks (see previous posting).
It is clear from the careful words used by Ealing that there is no desire [...]
Yesterday during Mayor’s Question Time the Mayor effectively announced the death of the West London Tram.
To see the exchange between Angie Bray, Conservative AM for West Central and PPC for the Ealing Central and Acton constituency, and the Mayor follow this link and move the slider to 2:34:35.
In answering a question [...]
Last night 250 local people gathered at the Hobbayne Centre to hear Christopher Dean, TfL’s project manager for the tram project, explain the details of their proposal to turn the current one-way sections of Boston and Lower Boston Road in Hanwell back to two-way. Only Christopher Dean was apparently ordered by his boss not [...]
Ealing Times is reporting today that the latest tally of spending on the West London Tram by the Mayor has reached £29.8 million despite all three boroughs on its route and local people being against.
They quote our local London Assembly Member, Richard Barnes who represents Ealing and Hillingdon, as saying:
“The sheer cost [...]
Two of the largest characters in West London politics came together this morning to stand up to Mayor Ken Livingstone and his unpopular West London Tram scheme. Jason Stacey, leader of Ealing is photographed above with Councillor Stephen Greenhalgh, Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham.
All three boroughs along the proposed route of the West [...]
Lots of people are signing up to Graham Weeks’ anti-tram petition at the No 10 website. Follow the link to take part. Graham got his picture in the Gazette this week. Well done.
As of the time of writing 443 people had signed up including council leader Jason Stacey, Tory PPC [...]
Today the Ealing Times is reporting that the Mayor has spent £1 million on tram consultations up until now. I can’t say that I am that surprised. Back in August the Ealing Times itself came up with a figure of £24.5 million when they asked the Mayor how much he had spent on [...]
In a leader tonight the Evening Standard summed it up nicely:
“In the context of what a scheme like the Thameslink expansion could achieve for commuters, the Mayor’s persistence with his pet scheme for a tram in west London looks increasingly inexplicable. The tram would displace traffic onto residential roads and a majority of [...]
The Mayor said today at his press conference that the new tram survey had been published on the TfL website yesterday. Yes, but you really have to know where to find it.
First of all click on the Trams tab at the top of the page
Then click on the West London Tram Update [...]
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