(17 Sep 2024, 9:35 pm)solsburian wrote It might have more to do with the large amount of underutilised retail space, especially now as Poundland has vacated the Wilko store (not surprising to anyone IMHO). Any re-development of the bus station should be tied to a potential wider redevelopment of the Interchange Centre rather than be specific project for the LTP.

Let's be honest, quite a fair chunk of it has nothing to do with transport. Basic maintenance like fixing pot holes, replacing traffic lights and bridge maintence should be no-where near it as I assume this money will be funded by debt not by tax receipts.



That bit there in particular is a joke.

£5m on traffic lights, £5m on accessing a private yard, £1m on god knows what on Coatsworth Road, £20m on 'maintenance' in Newcastle, £7.35m to enable private developments in the West End, £12m for private developments near Gosforth Park, £90m pissing about with Gateshead again, £31.75m on god knows what for 'improvements' for walking in Gateshead - resurfacing?.

It's a bit of a farce and there's much much more like it. £170m there and absolutely nothing to show for it.