Transport review assessing 160 projects for funds
LDRSThe future of more than 160 transport projects across the West Midlands will become clearer over the coming months, bosses said.
Up to 168 schemes were being looked at through the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) before a decision is made on how to allocate £2.4bn of transport funding.
Every project would be assessed on criteria including economic benefits before "transparent decisions" were made, the authority's interim chief executive Ed Cox said.
Some schemes, including the Metro extension to the £3bn Sports Quarter and Birmingham City FC's new ground and investment into Witton and Aston Railway stations to support Aston Villa, have already been taken to the WMCA board.
Once projects had been categorised according to what stage they are at development funding could be allocated, Cox said, but huge sums would not be committed to projects still a concept stage.
A paper will go to the authority's board in February which will start to outline that process.
Cox said he hoped that by Autumn that would be a clear process for every project.
This news was gathered by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations.
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