(19 Dec 2022, 4:20 pm)Adrian wrote Its not really much of an announcement, is it? The so-called Gateshead boulevard has been part of their masterplan for ages, and as Andreos1 suggests, is just a nice excuse to get rid of something that needs removing/replacing anyway.

"ambitious £500m plans" is quite an announcement to me. There's much more to it than just the boulevard. Most of it belonging in fantasy land especially the cycle highway from Carlisle to Newcastle. Who knows could spend the money on trains which aren't from the 80's which could erm take cycles aswell but yeah.

Anyone wanting to do that is very likely be doing the C2C as there's not exactly much commuter sense to it unless you really are barking mad especially from Greenhead to Brampton.