KEN LIVINGSTONE'S announcement last week that he will scrap the West London Tram plans has been cautiously welcomed by Conservative London Assembly member Richard Barnes.
The London Mayor had been pushing for the project to go ahead to solve congestion problems on the Uxbridge Road, although it has been attacked by residents and shopkeepers alike.
But Mr Barnes, the Ealing and Hillingdon representative, has attacked the mayor for the £38 million squandered' on the scheme.
He said: "I'm glad that the Mayor has seen the light - albeit after £38m has been spent on a project the people didn't want.
"Mr Livingstone's blind arrogance in pursuing this scheme, against the wishes of the people, and spending millions of pounds of their money in the process illustrates his willingness to play politics with people's lives.
"The everyday experience of people who use any part of the proposed tram's route would have been of massive inconvenience, and businesses would have suffered.
"If Crossrail doesn't go ahead and the West London Tram is brought back off the shelf then he can say he was forced into it by the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown."
"It isn't over until it's over, and it ain't over yet."
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