Comment

Representation ID: 11797

Received: 09/10/2021

Respondent: Mr Paul Hebron

9.11 and 9.12 prioritising the Metro line between Wednesbury and Brierley Hill is fundamentally flawed. This plan is naive in not recognising that Birmingham is fundamental to the economic growth of the Black Country. The priority should be to improve public transport between Dudley and Birmingham. For Brierley Hill, this means putting in the rail/light rail (doesn't matter what mode, just whatever can be implemented quickest), so that access to/from Birmingham is improved. Nobody will travel for well over an hour from Brierley Hill to Birmingham, via Wednesbury. Without extensions/connections to Stourbridge and Walsall it is a complete white elephant.