Worth reading to understand the sheer scale of removing this mammoth structure!
Felton Councillor: “Improved infrastructure would […] reduce congestion”
Not according to induced demand (see link).
There are cheaper solutions to stop drivers taking short cuts (eg bollards & LTNs) - disappointing that they weren’t addressed in the article.
Scotswood Road efficiently moving lots of people tonight.
As it's the 9th June we've added some extra cameras to our website so you can see if there's anybody going along the Scotswood Road to Blaydon this evening.
7:15pm would be a good time to check.
View them at sensors.spaceforheaton.com/cameras
The @nebriefing.bsky.social will be screened at @starandshadow.bsky.social this evening.
When I joined @greenparty.org.uk in 2015, it was because I could see how our economic system was failing communities whilst burning the planet. Now even more urgent.
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Greggs founder John Gregg delivering eggs and yeast in Gosforth on his cargo-bike in 1939 is on the first part of the Greggs Ta-Pastry, an eight-metre long embroidery unveiled at the Design Museum today.
The restoration of the Grade II listed footbridge is the final part of a multi-million-pound renewal scheme at Whitley Bay Metro station
We recently talked to @danhollandnews.bsky.social about the end of the original Tyne and Wear Metro trains. We look at their final departure with a mix of sadness and relief.
If you want to have a last ride on the old trains, 26th of June is the final day!
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Nick Forbes has urged the Government to act rapidly over what one minister called 'blood-curdling and chilling' attacks on local politicians across the country
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Carlton Reid
North East PTUG
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Whitley Bay Metro footbridge finally reopens after storm damage three years ago
The last of the Tyne and Wear Metro's old trains are due to be decommissioned this month, having clocked up around half a billion kilometres since the system launched in 1980
Around 7,500 tonnes of material has been removed from the Gateshead Flyover in the first eight weeks of its demolition, a weight heavier than the iron frame of the Eiffel Tower
Drivers use some villages to avoid traffic with huge tailbacks on the A1 during peak times of the day and the summer season
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Gateshead Flyover demolition update as huge gap appears in abandoned highway
