(22 Apr 2023, 5:02 pm)tyresmoke wrote Teesside Park, as with everything in Teesside it’s done half heartedly and if it had another entry/exit onto the A19 would probably make services from the bottom end of Middlesbrough fast via A174/A19 and Teesside Park worth looking at, as it is it’s too much of a diversion to serve it on the way. A bridge over to Acklam would be ideal as you could run something off Acklam Road but again pie in the sky with the current situation.
The latest car park re-design has made it even worse for buses to serve the park and why they’ve recently changed the route around there missing out the busy stop at Morrisons I have no idea. The fact people now have to cross the road to reach the shop just makes buses harder / more awkward to use and puts them at a disadvantage.
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Yeah totally agreed tbh. Must admit I don't have a clue who thought it was a good idea either to push all the traffic going in and out of the place by the shops and over level crossings. Absolutely bonkers, I don't have any form of qualification of traffic planning and I could tell you that's a bad idea which was shown this Christmas when the traffic was backing up to Portrack Lane daily and grinding the A19/A66 to a halt.
Madness.
Mind I feel sorry for Middlesbrough being crippled by large retail parks at both sides of the town which has killed the place which they have no control over either. (Cleveland Retail Park at the other side by Redcar). Planning at it's worst.