Residents and businesses around Wolverhampton are being asked to give their views on the £15 million Midland Metro extension.
The extension would run along Piper’s Row with a stop directly outside the bus station before terminating at the rail station.
Centro has said the extension will “open up areas for regeneration and serve as a platform for future tram routes to New Cross Hospital and the Wednesfield area” and “provide improved Metro links to the wider West Midlands including a route through to the proposed high speed rail station and the Broad Street area in Birmingham city centre”.
Councillor Roger Horton, Centro’s lead member for transforming rail travel, said: “These are significant plans that can play a key role in supporting the regeneration of the city centre while bringing new jobs and growth to the wider Black Country economy.
“It will also provide a more effective interchange for passengers moving between tram, bus and train, helping to connect people to job, education, health and leisure opportunities.
“That’s why we want to hear the views of passengers and businesses. Their opinions are important to us and I would urge people to take part in the consultation.”
To move ahead with the extension Centro aims to submit before the end of this year an application to the Government for a Transport and Works Act Order which would grant the legal powers needed to build and operate the extension.
If granted, and subject to funding being made available, construction could start before the end of 2015 and take around two years to complete.
A public consultation on the proposed extension, including several exhibitions, is being staged between now and the end of May.
