VODCAST: Metro tram extension speeding up, but Clean Air Zone delayed – city transport chief explains why

Birmingham’s transport chief Waseem Zaffar has revealed the detail behind speeding up the Metro tram extension to Five Ways at the same time as delaying the Clean Air Zone.

In an exclusive vodcast interview with Westside World editor Steve Dyson, the city council’s cabinet member for Transport and Environment also told how proud he was of Birmingham’s NHS, other key workers and volunteers for bravely tackling COVID-19.

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