(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.

I don't think a South Shields-North Shields/Tynemouth tunnel or bridge is necessarily needed however I do think further crossings are required to alleviate congestion. If it were up to me I'd build two: one between Bill Quay/Hebburn and Walker; and the second between Elswick/Paradise and Metrocentre.