The Commons Transport Committee has criticised the AWM-sponsored redevelopment of Birmingham New Street station saying that it is not convinced that the redeveloped station will be adequate for expected future use.
No matter how much money is spent on New Street Station, there is no realistic way of expanding the station any further because there is [...]
Advantage West Midlands, the unelected regional development agency, has been leasing the site of the former BBC Pebble Mill studios in Edgbaston since the BBC moved out in 2004.
The studios have been demolished and the site is nothing more than a patch of bare earth. AWM wants to turn the site into a medical research [...]
Advantage West Midlands (AWM), the unelected regional development agency, has made the biggest single “investment” of any of England’s regional development agencies by putting £100m into the refurbishment of New Street Station.
The refurbishment is costing the taxpayer £400m but will not increase the capacity of the station. Because the approach to Birmingham New Street is below ground, [...]
