noblueroute

One of the key elements in this decision is rejection of the red route as an options as it prevents the reopening of the railway line from Skipton to Colne. At the current time no research has been done into the economic viability of such a line and whether anyone would use it. There is a reason that the line was closed 30 years ago: NO ONE USED IT!

If at some point in the future the railway was to open, it would be necessary extend the line where it ends at Matalan to the station at Colne. This would necessitate the construction of a flyover on the valley road to take traffic over the railway line!

To reject the red route - an existing transport route - for a romanticised ideal that a railway will be constructed is hopelessly ill-informed, badly thought-out, environmentally damaging and economically short-sighted when this is also the cheapest option.