Repairs to a Victorian railway tunnel under which the Metrolink runs will leave a town's green dug up for another YEAR. The turf at Whitefield was first removed in March 2021.
A routine inspection of the tunnel last year found a fracture in an iron support beam. Workmen dug a huge hole to get access to the damage and the plot was sealed off with fencing.
But the site was later completely surrounded by boarding and protected by 24-hour security. Metrolink services were disrupted last August by the work. It then came to a halt after temporary measures were taken to make the tunnel, which dates from 1876, safe.
