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Bristol Post
Bristol Post
National
Adam Postans

Bristol will never have an underground like London, says metro mayor

Bristol will never have a London Underground-style system, West of England mayor Dan Norris says.

The metro mayor, who is in charge of the region’s strategic transport, says such a network is “not viable” here and that he will not write any “blank cheques”.

His comments, on The Cable’s Bristol Unpacked podcast, come just days after the West of England Combined Authority (Weca) committee, which he chairs, agreed “tunnels may well be needed” beneath places like Temple Meads and Gloucester Road for the proposed mass transit system.

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