Councillor Marlon Daniels has given the go-ahead for a trackless train to run along Port Elizabeth’s Hobie Beach despite the objection of Nelson Mandela Bay municipal officials.

A day after the metro’s acting head of sports, recreation, arts and culture, Charmaine Williams, cautioned that the proposal lacked important details about where the train would operate, Daniels sent a letter to Wimpy co-owner Darrel Eberhardt telling him to proceed with the plan...