'One disaster after another': Fears grow that opening of Dudley tram link could be delayed until next year
Fears are growing that the long-awaited new tram line from Wednesbury to Dudley may not be open to passengers until next year.
The five-mile tram line was due to have opened last year, but rising costs led to the opening date being put back until autumn this year.
But concerns have been growing in recent weeks as the work has fallen behind schedule, and Dudley Council leader Councillor Patrick Harley said he did not now expect trams to be running before Christmas.
It is understood a series of meetings will be held over the next few days to decide on an opening date.
Councillor Harley voiced his frustration at the delay, saying that if the scheme had been left to Dudley and Sandwell councils alone, it would have been completed much more quickly.
