The Cabinet considered the Next Stop Stockport highlighting the centrality of Metrolink connectivity to Stockport to sustain the progress of the town centre over the last decade and provides an update on recent work being undertaken to translate that potential into reality and sets out what is needed to realise the ambition for Metrolink to come to the borough and agreed to:-
· Request this report is considered by the MDC Board at its next meeting.
· Request that the Leader and Chair of the MDC meet the Greater Manchester Mayor and invite him to a business leader roundtable to discuss the benefits of Next Stop Stockport and how funding can be secured to deliver these ambitions.