(Yesterday, 5:23 pm)Storx wrote Centrelink though could've easily just been a bus lane along Askew Road though, it's basically all it does anyway and there's ample space for 3 lanes along there if required similar to the Felling Bypass one which I don't mind. Mind speaking of that area I'd love to see Bensham Road bus gated from Coatsworth Road into Gateshead. There's no reason why cars should be driving along there bar cutting the corner off going via Askew Road. It would massively boost buses in that area from being jammed in traffic.
Centrelink could have easily been a bus link through the remnants of St Cuthbert's Village from Cuthbert Street/School Street to Mulgrave Terrace/Prince Consort Road using the existing access roads, with a new crossroads straight into Gateshead Interchange.
That way, it would have been more accessible to buses coming in from the south west/west towards Gateshead, avoiding both Askew Road and Bensham Road. It probably would have decreased the journey time of the X66 too.