It's worse than that, they're digging up Paradise Circus (the clue's only partially in the name), too.
The tram system isn't that bad, but it goes to Wolverhampton via West Bromwich. Or, to put it another way, it goes to Birmingham via West Bromwich. It's currently being extended from Snow Hill (the station nobody can find) to Mordor Central, with hilarious consequences. Plans are to continue the line out to through Digbeth (useful for the bus station) to Curzon Street for HS2.