Support for the Cross River Tram

9.28.00am BST (GMT +0100) Wed 10th Sep 2008

On Tuesday morning a busload of supporters of the Cross River Tram plans arrived en-masse at City Hall for the Cross River Tram seminar.

The campaigners, who brought with them a petition of support for the proposed north south tram-link, were met at their journey's end by Caroline Pidgeon AM, the Liberal Democrat's transport spokesperson.

Caroline Pidgeon, the transport spokesperson for the Liberal Democrat group at the London Assembly, says: "Caroline says: "I'm delighted to see so much support for the Cross River Tram.

"Over a thousand people have signed a petition supporting the tram. I hope the Mayor starts to see the tram is a solution which will not only improve public transport in poorly served parts of south London but will also ease over-crowding on the northern line, will help inward business investment in the city and will provide an environmental and fast north-south route.

"There's a huge cost to London of not going ahead with the cross river tram. I hope the Mayor will genuinely listen to the case for the tram."

The London Assembly's transport committee held a Cross River Tram seminar on Tuesday at City Hall and will be producing a report into the tram proposals which will be presented to the full committee in October.