The decision by new chancellor Rachel Reeves to cancel the scheme has been branded a 'betrayal'
Rossendale 's potential for a future railway or tram link deserves further study and funding, some councillors have said following the new government's cancellation of the Restoring your Railway Fund.
READ MORE: Forgotten Lancashire to Yorkshire rail line 'must be re-opened' under new Labour government Much has been said about the economic benefits that a commuter link to Manchester would have brought to the valley. But, very importantly, this could have been part of a desperately-needed improvement to our public transport infrastructure.
'PROBLEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES' Community First Coun Alan Neal said: "I think there were various problems with the Rossendale-Manchester rail link idea. One was that that the previous government made lots of promises and wrote lots of cheques although they could not cash them.
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