Environment Not Trams Against the Clifton via Wilford Tram Route



						Over the last 18 months or so dozens and dozens of questions have been asked of NET to provide open and informative responses to issues raised by the various communities and residents. These are just a few of the typical response received:




						An ENT article in the Nottingham Evening Post asked NET to give an unequivocal assurance that the ratepayers of Nottingham would not, directly or indirectly, fund further tram extensions. NO RESPONSE FROM NET. Furthermore in the same article, NET were asked to confirm that if the operators of the tram Network in Nottingham ran into financial difficulties, the ratepayers on Nottingham would not be required, directly or indirectly, to foot any losses incurred. NO RESPONSE FROM NET. In order better to understand NET's Business Case claims for patronage, they were asked to provide a comprehensive breakdown of the journey time of a tram along the CW route, including times between each stop. NO DETAILS PROVIDED BY NET. ENT asked NET for access to their consultants in order to understand the cost benefit ratio model and details of the funding for the project. NET REFUSED THE REQUEST. Pat Armstrong, NET Project Leader was asked, in a letter dated 04/10/02, why NET had specifically removed figures from a document provided to ENT, called the 'Assessment Against Central Government Objectives'. Why was ENT not sent the document in its entirety without the need to remove required information and key figures? NO REPLY OR REASON PROVIDED BY NET. NET have said the tram will lead to house price increases. So ENT put it to them in a letter dated 10/01/03 "Why not offer peace of mind to local residents by introducing the PPS scheme which is backed by the Department for Transport?” (The PPS is a Government backed scheme, which has also been used by Central Railway, offering to purchase homes close to rail or light rail routes at an agreed price.) GUESS WHAT? NO REPLY FROM NET. ”Why are you (NET) ignoring the Queen's Drive route, an area that has been described as Nottingham's 'major employment corridor'?” NO JUSTIFIED ANSWER FROM NET. ”How exactly are Nottingham and Nottinghamshire residents going to have to fund the local share of the hundreds of millions of pounds needed to build the network extensions?” NET HAS NOT PROVIDED THE INFORMATION. NET were asked about the stopping distance of the 100ft tram, weighing over 50 Tons, travelling at the 50 mph that they have described. NO RESPONSE FROM NET. ”In the opinion poll NET commissioned, people preferred the Queen's Drive route and the Clifton via Wilford route was the least favoured of all the various options under consideration. Why are you (NET) ignoring your own opinion polls?” NO ANSWER!