11th hour hitch for Nottingham tram extensions as Notts pulls out

Jane Urquhart: Notts position ‘short sighted’

Plans to extend Nottingham’s tram system have been thrown into doubt with the election of a Conservative majority on Nottinghamshire County Council. One of the party’s manifesto pledges was to withdraw funding support for the scheme.

The Nottingham Express Transit phase two extension would see new lines built from Nottingham city centre to the south and south -west of the city, well into Nottinghamshire. One quarter of the total cost of the scheme is to come from contributions from...

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