GREATER Manchester Combined Authority’s Bee Network Committee has approved the investment of £21.4 million to improve the Metrolink system over the next 12 months.
The money, from the Government’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement, forms part of £147 million earmarked for maintenance, upgrades and improvements to the tram network up to 2027.
A summer scheme of track replacement is among what Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) describes as “immediate priorities”. Piccadilly Gardens, London Road and parts