The tram line was paid for locally, through local taxes with a huge payment from the airport. Maybe you should be complaining that your local population aren't calling for you local politicians to fund improvements in the links to the airport, as happened in Manc in 2004.
Remember when I posted a link to local transport priorities in West Yorkshire?
Why would central government fund a scheme that's not even a local priority in West Yorkshire?
It is a priority. A link road to the airport from the A65, close to the Leeds Outer Ring Road was recommended by the Govt and is included as a funded project in the West Yorks Combined Authority transport plan.
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/news/pages/£...-and-York.aspx