This type of design has many problems. Without utility relocation, the tram gets interrupted whenever there is utility work. And not having a proper foundation under the rails means horrible ride quality and/or trams limited to very slow speeds.
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That's not necessarily the case, a lot of repairs are done intercepting the issue from the sides and digging underneath. You see this method constantly. If every repair needed full access from above, any repair would be prohibitive
Sadly, in the US, we can't do that because NIMBYs tie everything up in the courts until projects go bankrupt and get abandoned.
A benefit to Tram lines is that building them in under-developed or miss-developed areas of cities and suburbs raises the value of all the adjacent property which creates tax revenue and has the knock-on effect of encouraging (re)development.
Putting one that goes a quarter of a Km Downtown is another choice.