Tameside council is to vote on whether to formally petition the government against the HS2 bill which could see the Ashton-under-Lyne tram line severed for 'two years'.
An extraordinary full council meeting is due to take place on Monday, March 21 over the High Speed Rail Bill covering the Crewe to Manchester phase B of the project. Councillors are being asked to agree that the local authority will formally oppose the bill and petition against it in its current form.
Leader Brenda Warrington had previously said she was 'dismayed' by the fact that developing the new HS2 line could see Metrolink services to Ashton suspended for two years. And it is also being opposed by the MP for Denton and Reddish Andrew Gwynne who said it would be 'disastrous' for the borough.
