(24 Jun 2014, 9:18 am)Michael wrote New owners for Sunderland’s The Bridges shopping centre in £152million deal.

http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/business/new-owners-for-sunderland-s-the-bridges-shopping-centre-in-152million-deal-1-6690800


Wonder if we will finally get the extension to where the old leisure centre used to be!

let's hope they can attract good stores to, wouldn't mind a G-star, Levi's or House of Fraser in the bridges, saves me going to the Metrocentre.

(24 Jun 2014, 7:49 pm)AIG20 wrote Sunderland certainly isn't as bad as South Shields Town Centre.

(05 Jul 2014, 1:30 pm)AIG20 wrote I wonder how the buses, especially stagecoach buses, will cope with this!!! The only to solutions are to divert via the Queen Alexandra Bridge and Pallion New Road; or to withdraw the evening services while this happens - which is unlikely.

(05 Jul 2014, 1:44 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote Do you think it is worth having a shuttle bus or two?
Traffic will be heavy - so to assist with timings and to avoid too many delays on cross-river services, services could be terminated either side of the bridge at Wheatsheaf and Fawcett/John St.
The shuttle buses could link both sides of the river, connecting with the short running services.

(05 Jul 2014, 1:44 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote Do you think it is worth having a shuttle bus or two?
Traffic will be heavy - so to assist with timings and to avoid too many delays on cross-river services, services could be terminated either side of the bridge at Wheatsheaf and Fawcett/John St.
The shuttle buses could link both sides of the river, connecting with the short running services.

(05 Jul 2014, 2:44 pm)Dan wrote I'm not sure about this one.

It'd keep the passengers who aren't travelling to town happy, but I imagine they'd be a bit peeved if they had to get off their bus which they caught into town (if travelling across the river), wait for a shuttle bus (what would the frequency be for this shuttle bus - in total there's about 50-60 buses per hour at Monkwearmouth?), get on the shuttle bus and wait in traffic, get off again and then wait for the bus they were on before to continue their journey.

(05 Jul 2014, 3:56 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote Or stand waiting for a bus, which along with 59 others, which is stuck in traffic on the other side of the river.

Changing buses must be the lesser of two evils - it keeps buses in an even keel and helps reduce any regulation.

Not sure of any other solutions.

(08 Jul 2014, 8:54 pm)Drifter60 wrote I'd say operating a shuttle bus Wearmouth Bridge-Sunderland Interchange would be the only option. Doubled decked operation I imagine. Have all services terminating at North Bridge Street like 35's to Houghton/Hetton, then shuttle bus to interchange the 35's back the other way.

(09 Jul 2014, 3:16 pm)Michael wrote According to the Ed's diner site, the one in the bridges is opening in September... i can't wait that long!

(09 Jul 2014, 3:24 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote They have one in the Metrocentre

Get yourself along there man.

(09 Jul 2014, 3:25 pm)Michael wrote Being many times!

Their pull porked burger is the best

(09 Jul 2014, 3:27 pm)Andreos Constantopolous wrote Have you tried the American Diner on the a19 before the Wolviston junction?

You can only get there by car, but it is good.

(09 Jul 2014, 4:10 pm)idiot wrote Excuse me chaps not going to talk about the Metro Centre as I bloody hate it.

But Stagecoach and Go North East tweeted about talks about about the congestion at the Wearmouth Bridge.

Then they tweeted saying it was eaiser now. Then SC SS ops started pulling E services again.

Any idea what happened chaps?

Put it in here as it seemed best place than duplicating post in GNE & SC sub forums.

(09 Jul 2014, 5:16 pm)idiot wrote I knew where they are working Michael was asking does anyone know if they came up with a solution?

(09 Jul 2014, 5:16 pm)idiot wrote I knew where they are working Michael was asking does anyone know if they came up with a solution?

(09 Jul 2014, 5:19 pm)Dan wrote The bus operators haven't come up with a solution. Both operators have contacted the council, and the council isn't doing anything to help.

Suggestions have been made by members of this forum; including terminating in the City Centre and St. Peter's, with shuttle services running in between, and another has been to divert via the Queen Alexandra Bridge and go via Deptford.

(09 Jul 2014, 5:20 pm)Michael wrote There's a surprise!

(09 Jul 2014, 5:24 pm)Dan wrote Not sure what they could do though - building dedicated 'bus lanes' during peak periods would only cause the traffic for cars to backlog behind the bridge and the buses would therefore be unable to get onto the bridge anyway.

The roundabout on the other side of the bridge has always been a nightmare, even before any work was done. Neither buses nor cars pay attention to the road markings, and if you stand near the roundabout for about 10 minutes, I guarantee you will witness at least two near misses.

(09 Jul 2014, 5:30 pm)Michael wrote Tbh same, taking all the buses to the other bridge will only make that area worse, think we will have to live with it until the whole road is complete

Still think they should of took the roundabout up and replaced it with a square junction, although doing that it will make it even worse

(09 Jul 2014, 5:58 pm)Dan wrote What are they doing with it again?

I thought they were completely removing it and having it as a three-way traffic light junction?

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