Substack, I know, but I don’t want to rip Paddy here of his backlink

Paul Lawrence, the CEO of the Council, is a serious person. I have a lot of time for him and I think he is good for the city. My only conclusion, therefore, is that he wants this consultation to fail. He wants you to say this is a crazy idea, because he has lots of uses for £2.9bn and none of them involve building a tram across North Bridge. (A bridge which, if you read the consultation document, has not been strengthened [pg 7] to handle the weight of 56 ton trams crossing it, despite being partially closed for seven years. And don’t even mention South Bridge. Despite looking very street like, very much a bridge. That will need reinforcing.) Help Paul Lawrence, say no to the tram.

Hard to argue with these numbers