“This inquiry is only into the land exchange for land owned by Rushcliffe Borough Council. Whether or not the tram is neede, cost-effective, noisy, kills babies or keeps old people awake were previously dealt with and there was a 7 week long public inquiry on such issues just before Christmas. Did you make representations then Dave?”

“Dave, Nottingham.... Your biased and negative opinion, falls far short of the truth !.......
The tram is certainly NOT a white elephant, as most are operating at near capacity passenger levels. NET figures, show that in excess of 1.5 M. passengers a year use the tram, this shows its real need. Without the tram, just immagine the congestion on the route, particularly at peak periods. This £350M project was not financed entirely by the Nottingham Taxpayers, in fact to them, the cost is small.
Most Cities have'nt scrapped their tram systems, lots of the major cities still have them !.
Rushcliffe residents may not want the tram, howevever we in Hucknall, Bulwell, Basford and Nottingham do. No doubt Clifton cannot wait either !.....”

“I would have thought that questions of how much the long-suffering taxpayers will have to shell out for this white elephant, and whether we need the sort of transport system that most cities scrapped a hundred years ago, are entirely relevant. But that's the council for you - they want their train set, and will ride roughshod over any objections to it.”