'All these out of town ones are coming from Manchester, Liverpool - there's not one thing being done about it'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukIt was meant to be a significant day for one of the North West's best-known seaside towns. Blackpool was all set to unveil a £23m tram line connecting the Promenade tramway to a new stop by Blackpool North train station on Wednesday (June 12).
However, it faced an unexpected hurdle. Local taxi drivers staged a protest that brought traffic to a screeching halt on Talbot Road.
By strategically parking their cabs across the carriageway intermittently between 10am and 12pm, they managed to cause disruption to other drivers and public transport routes.
This act was the peak of an ongoing dispute in the resort town, ignited by the influx of "unknown" drivers from firms like Uber - as the disgruntled local taxi drivers claimed. READ MORE: A Greater Manchester hamlet is the 'quintessential English village' When questioned by LancsLive, Uber maintained the legality of their operations in Blackpool, but the protesting drivers remained sceptical.
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