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Opportunities to be explored for "expensive" horse trams

Getting rid of the horse trams isn't clear cut - and it would cost millions of pounds of taxpayers' cash: 

 
That's Home Affairs Minister Juan Watterson during a debate launched on efforts to save them in the House of Keys yesterday. 
 
The annual deficit currently stands at around £300,000, and stabling costs and restorative works have been pegged at a maximum of £7 million. 
 
A working party will look into whether or not the tramways are feasible - Chief Minister Allan Bell says he's willing to find out, but it's doubtful:
 

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