Editing Nottingham Express Transit (section)

===Extension of route 2 to Kimberley===
Kimberley, Eastwood & Nuthall Tram Action Group (KENTAG) campaigns for an extension from Phoenix Park to [[Eastwood, Nottinghamshire|Eastwood]] and Kimberley.<ref>{{cite news |title= New campaign to extend tram line |work = Eastwood Advertiser |date = 1 December 2009 |url = http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/eastwood-kimberley-news/new-campaign-to-extend-tram-line-1-662315 |access-date = 21 January 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819151742/http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/new-campaign-to-extend-tram-line-1-662315 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |url-status = live |language = en-gb}}</ref> In December 2012, [[Nottingham City Council]] agreed to seek money to conduct a feasibility study on the route.<ref>{{cite news |title = Progress made with tram link  |work = Eastwood Advertiser |date = 17 December 2012 |url = http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/eastwood-kimberley-news/progress-made-with-tram-link-1-5232531 |access-date = 21 January 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140819132650/http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/progress-made-with-tram-link-1-5232531 |archive-date = 19 August 2014 |url-status = live |language = en-gb}}</ref> In a major setback for tram proponents, in December 2014 [[Broxtowe Borough Council]] voted to reject a proposal to help fund a feasibility study into a line to Kimberley, due to the problems and delays of Lines 2 and 3.<ref>{{cite news |title = New Kimberley tramline suffers setback |work = BBC News |date=18 December 2014 |access-date = 5 January 2015 |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30528576 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141218105022/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-30528576 |archive-date=18 December 2014 |url-status = live |language = en-gb}}</ref> Richard Robinson, Labour Councillor for Kimberley, said the plan was always to bring the proposals back to the table. He said: "The vote in December was a roadblock put in our way, but we will overcome it".<ref>{{cite news |title = Plans to extend tram to Kimberley back on the agenda |first = Alexander |last = Britton |work = Nottingham Evening Post |publisher = Local World Limited |date = 31 December 2014 |access-date = 5 January 2015 | url = http://www.nottinghampost.com/Plans-extend-tram-Kimberley-agenda/story-25787636-detail/story.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150106094612/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Plans-extend-tram-Kimberley-agenda/story-25787636-detail/story.html |archive-date = 6 January 2015 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all |language = en-gb}}</ref> Councillors voted 19 to 13 in favour of Cllr Robinson stepping down pending the outcome of an inquiry after he admitted on Radio Nottingham to encouraging a pro-tram campaigner to flood local media with positive letters, while using aliases to make them appear local.<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/alias-gate-broxtowe-mp-slams-robinson-enquiry-as-delay-tactics-1-7079451 |title = Alias Gate: Broxtowe MP slams Robinson enquiry as 'delay tactics' |date = 29 January 2015 |work = Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser |access-date = 21 September 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150921152850/http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/alias-gate-broxtowe-mp-slams-robinson-enquiry-as-delay-tactics-1-7079451 |archive-date = 21 September 2015 |url-status = live |language = en-gb}}</ref>

In 2015, [[Broxtowe Borough Council]] (jointly with [[British Land]]) commissioned a £55,000 study from [[Mott MacDonald]] to look into all transport options to reduce congestion along the A610 corridor though Broxtowe. It considered four potential tram routes to the Kimberley retail park. This estimated that the cost of the extension could reach £168{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite news |title = Kimberley tram plan from Nottingham to cost millions |url = http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/kimberley-tram-plans-from-nottingham-to-cost-millions-1-7444229 |newspaper = Eastwood and Kimberley Advertiser |location = England |date = 4 September 2015 |access-date = 17 February 2016 |archive-date=19 February 2016 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160219140945/http://www.eastwoodadvertiser.co.uk/news/local/kimberley-tram-plans-from-nottingham-to-cost-millions-1-7444229 |url-status = dead |language = en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-34126713 |title = Nottingham tram extension: New tramline 'would cost £168m' |date = 2 September 2015 |website = BBC News |publisher = BBC |access-date = 17 February 2015 |language = en-gb}}</ref>