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Four years after work began an essential repair to a Metrolink tunnel has been completed. The work has left a town centre green dug up and a web of pipework and metal ever since.

The plot of land off Bury New Road in Whitefield will now be restored. Before the work it was a wedge of lawn with daffodils to instil a bit of civic pride.

Despite the repairs being done transport bosses say the reinstatement of the green will be achieved "in the coming months". View 6 Images

The land was dug up in March 2021 and it has been fenced off ever since. The Manchester Evening News revealed in September why - a main contractor relinquishing the work, and bats.

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The land is over a tunnel through which the Manchester Vi

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