Merry Hill shoppers will be able to see plans to link the centre to the Midland Metro tram network at a Centro exhibition this month.

The public transport promoter won Government approval for the £139m scheme at the end of last year.  When completed, it will see the congestion-busting trams running from the existing line one at Wednesbury, through Dudley town centre, Merry Hill and on to Brierley Hill High Street.

People will be able to travel easily around this part of the Blank Country and see better public transport links to Wolverhampton and Birmingham as a result.

An exhibition stand at Merry Hill’s information centre will be present from Saturday 5 to Saturday 19 March showing detailed plans and maps for the 11km route.  Staff will be on hand to provide details of and answer questions on the proposed route on Saturday 5^th (9am to 1pm), Thursday 10^th (10am to 3pm), Tuesday 15^th (3pm to 7pm) and Saturday 19^th (12pm to 4pm).

Following the Government’s granting of powers to build the Wednesbury to Brierley Hill route, Centro is now lining up funding for the scheme.  Advance works are currently underway on site to provide important ground and structural engineering information ahead of the tendering of contracts. 

Link to Merry Hill website