This from passenger and pedestrian champion Richard Malins...
Lord Adonis was in Sheffield yesterday.
The Sheffield Central constituency, which includes the station, is a Lib Dem/Labour marginal and the former Labour MP Richard Caborn is standing down.
It is being contested by Paul Scriven, leader of the City Council, for the Lib Dems, and the ticket barrier scheme is a political embarrassment to the Labour candidate as it has become a serious local issue.
Adonis announced that it will not proceed, pending the creation of an alternative pedestrian footbridge route, and EMT has announced that they have been relieved of the franchise obligation.
No shit Sherlock!
Could this volte-face by the Noble Lord be in anyway connected with events on the 6th May?
UPDATE: This from 28481k, via Twitter...
Hurray, so Park Hills regeneration project is saved (for access, for now)!
UPDATE: The Fact Compiler observes...
Apparently no deal has yet been signed with EMT on this.
So campaigners would be advised not to take their foot off DafT's throat yet...
