(25 May 2015, 7:34 pm)Malarkey wrote A third "Tyne Tunnel" linking South Shields directly to Tynemouth, Reducing the need to make an 8 Mile 25 Minute Journey, would also open New and Improved Transport Links.
The integrated system of bus, metro and ferry was designed to do that - without the expense of digging a tunnel.
It all fell apart in 86 though.