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Railhub Archive 1995-08-16 DoT-001 Department of Transport0
Date set for the public inquiry into the Manchester Metrolink extension to Eccles
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         Date set for the public inquiry into the Manchester Metrolink extension to Eccles _______________________________________________________________

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type Press release note 256
The public inquiry into proposals to extend the Manchester Metrolink light rapid transit system to Eccles Town Centre from Salford Quays will begin on Tuesday 24 October 1995 at 10am. This was announced today by Steven Norris, Minister for Local Transport. The inquiry will be conducted by Mr R G Brown BA CEng FICE MRTPI, Planning Inspector, at the Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6DD. Mr Brown will make a report to the Secretary of State on whether or not the order should be made. The inquiry is expected to last between two and four weeks. Mr Brown has decided that a pre-inquiry meeting, principally to discuss the procedural arrangements for the inquiry, will also be held at the Mechanics Institute on Tuesday 12 September beginning at 10.00am. The application for the order under section 1 of the Transport and Works Act 1992 in respect of these proposals was submitted by the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive on 12 April this year. The Secretary of State for Transport will consider the Inspector's report and is expected to make his decision by Autumn 1996. NOTES FOR EDITORS 1. Part 1 of the Transport and Works Act 1992, which came into force in January 1993, established a new system for considering and approving railway, tramway and other development schemes that had previously been subject to private Bill procedure. The new procedures mean that such schemes can be authorised by Ministerial order instead of by an Act of Parliament. 2. The existing Greater Manchester light rail system, known as Metrolink, is 19.2 miles (30.9 km) long and runs between Bury to the North and Altrincham to the South. The system is owned by Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) but is operated by Greater Manchester Metro Limited, which is itself owned by a private sector consortium, the GMA group, comprising GEC-Alsthom, Mowlem, AMEC, Greater Manchester Roadcar Co. Ltd and Greater Manchester PTE. 3. The proposal in this application is for an extension to the Metrolink system from Broadway at Salford Quays to Eccles Town Centre and is approximately 3.3 km in length. It also includes a 0.5 km spur from Broadway to the proposed Lowry Centre. (The link between Salford Quays and the existing system was authorised by Parliament in 1990 but has not yet been built.) The project will involve the carrying out of street works, the installation of overhead wires, the stopping up of certain streets and other related works. The cost of the proposals is estimated at #35.3 million. If the Secretary of State gives his approval, the construction of the extension would take about two years. 4. The procedure for inquiries are set out in the Transport and Works (Inquiries Procedure) Rules 1992 (S.I. 1992 No. 2817). The Rules provide a time table for the pre-inquiry stages and require those who wish to present oral evidence to the inquiry to make available details of their evidence to other parties to the inquiry before it opens. 5. The inquiry is to be held at the Mechanics Institute, 103 Princess Street, Manchester M1 6DD and will begin on Tuesday 24 October at 10.00am. The pre-inquiry meeting will also be held at the Mechanics Institute on Tuesday 12 September at 10.00 am. The Department will inform the GMPTE and all the objectors individually of these arrangements. 6. The purpose of a pre-inquiry meeting is principally to discuss the practical arrangements for the inquiry, to set an inquiry programme and to clarify the scope of the inquiry. This is not an occasion to discuss the merits of the proposals in question. 7. A public inquiry into the proposed extension of the Metrolink system from Trafford Bar to Manchester Airport, including a loop back to Southmoor Road via Wythenshawe, has been taking place also at the Mechanics Institute. The inquiry was adjourned on 10 August and will reconvene on Thursday 21 September. This application was submitted to the Secretary of State by the GMPTE on 28 October last year. The Secretary of State is expected to make his decision on whether this order should be made by late 1996. 8. Details of the proposed Metrolink extension to Eccles can be obtained from the GMPTE, 9 Portland Street, Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester M60 1HX or their Parliamentary Agents, Messrs Dyson Bell Martin, 1 Dean Farrar Street, Westminster, London SW1H 0DY.
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