This is frustrating to see if I'm honest:

1. I agree that something needs done but I don't believe for one second that more than maybe a dozen bikes an hour will go over the flyover. They'll continue to go directly through the town centre which makes the point of this moot.

2. Askew Road absolutely needs work but closing the incline coming off the High Level into Gateshead Interchange is going to put buses leaving Newcastle at the mercy of traffic ascending Prince Consort Road - a road which is already too small at the bottom end for the volume of traffic going up it. What the plans look like will cause absolute chaos. The traffic will then back up at the Civic Centre as everyone tries to pile down there to head down toward the Tyne Bridge or goes round the back of the Civic Centre and clogs up the Five Bridges roundabout.

3. Admittedly, getting out of Hills Street can be a total pain in the arse but at least you have a chance, especially with the lights blocking the oncoming traffic without you having to sit at yet another set of traffic lights.

4. This is just going to push more congestion onto the Western Bypass which will be just around the time they'll be commencing the widening scheme from Coalhouse to Birtley.

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