TRANSPORT guru Susan Kramer, the Liberal Democrat candidate for London mayor, visits the region today.
Mrs Kramer will look at the need for a light rapid transport system west of Newcastle.
The firm she runs, Kramer Associates, is a consultant on major infrastructure projects in east and central Europe.
A vice-president of Citibank, in Chicago, she has widespread experience of using bonds to finance transport projects and believes that revenue bonds are the best way to get investment into mass transport systems.
Mrs Kramer will speak at a lunch in the Cock of the North Hotel, South Road, Durham.
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