(03 Dec 2021, 8:33 am)54APhotography wrote The whole subject needs serious attention, the fact is there will be no reopening of railway lines bar the Ashington line. There will be no Metro expansion, and there will be no new money for trunk road improvements - that was clearly stamped the day after the lying clown Johnson harped on about the region and his connectivity pledge.
So, where do you start. Tax cars off the road, I'm all for that, but it's not going to happen. Promise more buses? You can't as the driver shortage isn't going away, and won't. Put more Metros on? You can't because of the signalling used, and worse to come when new trains arrive you'll have to stand on almost every journey, won't catch me or many others settling for that.
And hard as it is to muddle all this together, and wham - along comes net zero..
And despite what is said here, a cold reality is, nobody is listening, nobody wants to take the bull by the horns..
I know this isn't really the right forum but there's a few schemes in the pipeline up here namely or in build:
- RIS2 (2020 - 2025)
- A1 - Scotswood Widening
- A1 - Angel Widening
- A1 - Alnwick to Morpeth Dualling
- A1 - Scotswood Widening
- RIS3 (2026 - 2030) - Announced Wednesday
- A19 - Seaton Burn
- A19 - Moor Farm
- A1 - Darrington to Doncaster (not directly up here but it helps us to travel South massively)
- M1/M62 Junction - Rebuild (also not up here but it helps us to travel to Manchester / Liverpool easier so benefits the N. East)
- A19 - Seaton Burn
Outside trunk roads I believe the Durham Northern Bypass and Blyth Relief Road are still in planning aswell, not to mention the new Sunderland bridge and road into the centre and relief road to from Ryhope to Doxford Park. There's also the new Tees bridge aswell.
Admit none of them do nothing for buses mind if anything are a hindrance bar it might take traffic rat running around local areas to help the buses travel quicker - especially the A1/A19 improvements.