From March newsletter of the Beeston & District
Civic Society. 
"...The committee have been kept in touch with all
developments and proposals by NET and we have responded, after discussions at
our meetings, to them. All committee members are agreed that we are for the tram
in principle, but we have some reservations about specific points, for example
the proposed routes and the noise element. We feel that Beeston should not be
left out of the scheme entirely and become a backwater, as it is in danger of
becoming if there is no new development."
March 23rd. Nottingham Evening
Post states that property prices have gone up 35% in NG7 - around
line 1 and that's before the trams are running!
Page 6 Col 3: 'Paul Whiteman of Manchester estate agents-Vital Space said that the renovated canal area of Salford Quays was buoyed up by that city's tram system. "As soon as the Metro Link started running the house prices soared by about 15%," he said, "It is definitely a positive factor having the tram nearby"'.
