(09 Sep 2023, 3:08 pm)deanmachine wrote The most frustrating part is that there used to be a bus lane straight onto bottle bank completely avoiding the A167, and Gateshead Council have just finished bricking it up.

For a long while before it was closed it was only really used by unauthorised cars, as since traffic reduced on Askew Rd it was quicker for Metrocentre bound X66s to use Askew instead of snaking to Bottle Bank