Funding for Midland Metro extension approved

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Local Transport Minister Norman Baker has said that construction on an extension to the Midland Metro can now begin after Government funding was approved.

The extension will run from Snow Hill Station through the city centre of Birmingham to New Street Station.

The £128m scheme will also deliver a new fleet of trams to run on the extended route, with CAF already named as the preferred bidder to build the trams.

The Department for Transport will provide £75.4m towards the £128 million cost of the scheme which is being led by Centro.

The Enquirer has said the shortlist of bidders for the scheme consists of ‘Balfour Beatty, Morgan Sindall and Thomas Vale’.

The winning contractor will be announced in April, ahead of main work starting in early 2013.

Minor civils works are already under way ahead of construction of the main route.

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