(17 Sep 2024, 10:35 pm)Storx wrote 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.

The North East has been granted about £1.5bn in City Regional Sustainable Transport (CRSTS) funding, which was a product of the last Government, and covers what you describe as basic maintenance. See: https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...uthorities

I'm not sure why you think it has nothing to do with transport? All of the examples in your screenshot, whilst maybe not a priority to you, are still examples of transport projects.