Pet dogs will be permitted on board cable cars in Greater Manchester completely following a three-month pilot.
Plans to enable pooches on board the area’s Metrolink have actually been backed by councillors after the trial got “extremely favorable” feedback.
The relocation is set to be rubber-stamped by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority at the end of the month.
However, Danny Vaughan, head of Metrolink, has actually accepted think about presenting time restraints for dogs.
It follows some councillors raised issues over the strategies, with one requiring the guidelines to be tightened up.
“When I’ve been on cable cars in heavy traffic, they are heaving – and it’s unfair to the dogs actually since they get stressed out and they stress a bit,” Doreen Dickinson said.
“I can see a mishap waiting to take place at heavy traffic.”
The Tameside councillor likewise asked who would implement any guidelines which would need owners to clean up any dog mess and questioned whether there would be much area left for travelers if bikes were likewise permitted on cable cars in the future.
She included: “I’m not stating let’s not have dogs on cable cars, I simply believe we require to tighten up the guidelines.”
‘Simple guidelines’
Mr Vaughan said imposing stringent guidelines would be “practically difficult” since there are too couple of staff to do it and he wished to keep the guidelines basic.
“I’m sure there will be grievances, I’m sure there will be events in the future, however we simply require to continue top of it,” Mr Vaughan said.
The Metrolink manager said Transport for Greater Manchester remained in the procedure of evaluating its policy to enable bikes on cable cars after the area’s mayor Andy Burnham dedicated to a trial of bikes on cable cars in 2021.
Currently just folding bikes are permitted on a cable car if completely folded and covered. No other kinds of bike are permitted.
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