Government grant for Manchester transport

[northwichcat]

£44 million for the Metrolink transport system in Manchester, which will include 12 new trams, as part of a £448 million transport package in Greater Manchester including revamped stations and improved bus services

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploa...902895_NationalInfrastructurePlan2014_acc.pdf

I take it they'll be more detailed plans published by TfGM on exactly how the money will be spent.

 

[snowball]

That sounds like the batch of 12 trams which actually ended up being 16 trams, due to TfGM getting a good price, and which will, when delivered, bring the number of M5000's up to 120.

The other projects on which the money will be spent formed the basis of a submission earlier this year. The documentation was discussed on Skyscrapercity at the time - I'll try to find it. It included some road projects and increasing the number of platforms at Salford Central from 2 to 5.

Edit: The submission is here:

http://www.agma.gov.uk/cms_media/files/growth_and_reform_plan_annexes.pdf

The following page references are to the PDF numbering, not the internal numbering. Pages 34-211 are about transport; the beginning and end of the document are about unrelated subjects. On p. 37, and again on pp. 100-103, and again in more detail on pp. 104-154, with a map on p. 46, is a list of transport priorities. I believe they got enough money to implement all of them.