In 2017, a further feasibility study will be undertaken into the possibility of an underground light rail system.
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Since 2000 the city council has included a light rail system in its Local Transport Plan, but has so far been unable to fund the project.  The city was offered European Union funding for the system, but the Department for Transport did not provide the required additional funding. In November 2016, the West of England Local Enterprise Partnership began a consultation process on their Transport Vision Summary Document, outlining potential light rail/tram routes from the city centre to Bristol Airport, the eastern and north west fringes of the city, and a route along the A4 road to Bath.