Consultants to the tune of just under £150,000 will be employed to offer a council advice around Nottingham’s tram network. This comes after passenger numbers on the network have struggled to return to pre-pandemic levels.
Nottingham City Council is concerned that government financial support could end and needs to ensure the network is adequately funded in the future. Tramlink, which operates and maintains the network on behalf of the council, recorded a 23.4 per cent fall in underlying operational turnover in the 12 months to March 31, 2021.
It fell from £63.7m to £48.8m but the gap was mitigated by Government Covid emergency grants to maintain essential services totalling £18.5m. The company made a loss before tax of £21.4m as of March 2021.
