I'd say that all of the corridors in and out of Newcastle are very congested. It can take 25 minutes some nights from Haymarket to Station Road on all Coast Road services. I don't know what Newcastle City Council and
Nexus could do but they could do something like this:
- At peak times, all traffic going Westbound towards the A167 / Jesmond must use lane 2 between Corner House and Sandyford Road. Only allowed to use lane 1 for Sandyford Road and that would be enforced by cameras. So for instance, all vehicles would be captioned at Corner House and if they were caught using lane 1 to head towards the A167 instead of Sandyford Road, £££.
- At peak times, all traffic going eastbound must use lane 2 for the Coast Road. Only allowed to use lane 1 for Jesmond, Cradlewell or Newton Road. So for instance, all cars would be captured on the Sandyford Road junction and if they were caught using lane 1 for the Coast Road, and not for the four possible turnoffs, £££.
- At peak times, all traffic
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