Your views are being sought on proposed route options as part of the first phase of a West Yorkshire Mass Transit system.
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00:00The Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracey Brabin, has officially launched a public consultation
00:07on plans to bring a mass transit system to Leeds and West Yorkshire.
00:11Details on proposed routes have been confirmed, with Phase 1 aiming to connect St James' Hospital
00:17with South Leeds and another line set to run between Bradford and Leeds City Centre.
00:22You're now being invited to have your say on a choice of proposed route options, with
00:27the region's plans for mass transit forming a key part of the Mayor's growth plan, and
00:32she has reiterated her pledge to have spades in the ground by 2028.
00:37Plans for a new tram system in Leeds were first proposed in 1991, more than three decades
00:42after the city's original tramway was scrapped.
00:46The Leeds Super Tram and Leeds Trolleybus schemes were among a host of proposed schemes
00:50that never came to fruition.
00:52This new consultation can now be found online and runs until the 30th of September.