Leeds needs to see return of tram system despite the cost hurdle - YEP letters

OVER 100 years ago Leeds, Bradford, Guiseley, Morley and Wakefield were linked by electric trams.

Largely due to the island mentalities of their separate authorities, the linkage had fallen apart by the mid-1930s.

At long last, there is talk of some kind of reinstatement by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

Among a familiar list of possible hurdles, cost inevitably remains paramount. In the BBC’s reporting of this project, they claimed that Leeds City Council’s 2004, third denial of funding was because of “ballooning costs”.

The most recent London ‘Crossrail’ ballooning is over £1bn.

In a few short years, there will be another election and perhaps local MPs will belatedly give them the unflinching support for which Leeds and the region have waited far too long?