(26 Jan 2016, 7:47 pm)citaro5284 wrote I have to ask with you being our resident Hexham guy......are you in favour of the new bus station and where it is going to be built, or would you rather keep the old one?

As a conservative (and a crumbly) I don't want the bus station to move from its current position.

There was scope (many years ago) to expand the current site east to embrace the long derelict George and Jobling garage (which burned-out in a fire some 40 - 50 years ago), but the Council dragged their feet until the site was granted planning permission for housing (which never happened as the owner who acquired the site died).
The justification is that 'it would be too expensive to acquire the site' - and NCC will get paid for selling the bus station site to Dysart and using the site at Loosing Hill (owned by NCC) for the new bus station.

In the pipeline during the year is the complete closure of the main road into town from the A69 trunk road, Rotary Way, for six weeks to allow for the re-waterproofing of the bridge over the railway line.

There will be massive disruption on Corbridge Road as work begins on the new bus station, which includes work on the two mini-roundabouts closer to the site.

Improvements to the pedestrian crossing on Station Road are also scheduled, along with the resurfacing of Alemouth Road.