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To: Herefordshire Council
Trams For Hereford
WE CALL FOR ACTION TO ASSESS A LIGHT TRAM SYSTEM FOR HEREFORD
Kinetic energy lightweight trams have been shown to be commercially viable, and could help manage travel into and around Hereford City, reducing congestion and journey times. We urge the Council to implement a full assessment of such a scheme for Hereford before further work is progressed on the South Wye Transport Package, including the Southern Link Road.
Rail & Bus for Hereford have published a proposal for a tram using the Great Western Way: this should be part of the assessment. We ask that each name on this petition is recorded as a contribution to the current consultation on Active Travel Measures in the South Wye area.
Kinetic energy lightweight trams have been shown to be commercially viable, and could help manage travel into and around Hereford City, reducing congestion and journey times. We urge the Council to implement a full assessment of such a scheme for Hereford before further work is progressed on the South Wye Transport Package, including the Southern Link Road.
Rail & Bus for Hereford have published a proposal for a tram using the Great Western Way: this should be part of the assessment. We ask that each name on this petition is recorded as a contribution to the current consultation on Active Travel Measures in the South Wye area.
Why is this important?
'Herefordshire Transport Alliance' have teamed up with 'Rail and Bus for Herefordshire' campaign to promote alternative transport solutions to those currently being proposed by the Council, who are solely intent on building more and more roads instead of looking at more effective alternatives.
The ‘Pre Metro’ light tram system, currently running in Stourbridge, is ideally suited to the size and layout of Hereford, It could advance the cause of a greener economy and be a ‘Feather in Hereford’s Cap.' It could play a major part in the County’s Economic Masterplan to enable everybody accessing Hereford, whether for employment, or use of its shops and services. With a Department for Transport funding (up to £27million) to be used on 'any' measures to relieve congestion in the South Wye area, the tram vision could be a more responsible, sustainable, and better spend than the obscenely ineffective and expensive Southern Link Road – a.k.a. 'the road to nowhere.'
It is not too late for the council to look at superior options for the majority to access, rather than encourage more people to continue using their cars for short journeys and/or transpose motorists from one road onto another.
As an additional solution to Hereford’s transport problems it would have enormous advantages as a cleaner, efficient solution, and, if constructed alongside safe pedestrian and cycle routes, be accessible for all, including students, women and older people who feel insecure walking along a route where crime is a known hazard. It would also benefit those who do not have a car, or wish to access facilities such as the Courtyard, college, or hospital without facing parking difficulties.“
Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRtcmHErfCI
The ‘Pre Metro’ light tram system, currently running in Stourbridge, is ideally suited to the size and layout of Hereford, It could advance the cause of a greener economy and be a ‘Feather in Hereford’s Cap.' It could play a major part in the County’s Economic Masterplan to enable everybody accessing Hereford, whether for employment, or use of its shops and services. With a Department for Transport funding (up to £27million) to be used on 'any' measures to relieve congestion in the South Wye area, the tram vision could be a more responsible, sustainable, and better spend than the obscenely ineffective and expensive Southern Link Road – a.k.a. 'the road to nowhere.'
It is not too late for the council to look at superior options for the majority to access, rather than encourage more people to continue using their cars for short journeys and/or transpose motorists from one road onto another.
As an additional solution to Hereford’s transport problems it would have enormous advantages as a cleaner, efficient solution, and, if constructed alongside safe pedestrian and cycle routes, be accessible for all, including students, women and older people who feel insecure walking along a route where crime is a known hazard. It would also benefit those who do not have a car, or wish to access facilities such as the Courtyard, college, or hospital without facing parking difficulties.“
Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRtcmHErfCI
How it will be delivered
To full council in person / press conference
