(05 Dec 2014, 10:24 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote it would seem there is a set of Traffic Lights roughly every 100 Yards from The Cannon along Low Fell High Street towards the Angel of the North,

They aren't that dense. From past Tower Medical in Low Fell the next lights aren't until the junction at Chowdene then its dual carriageway. The Angel flows freely once its gets past Chowdene until it hits Station Lane in Birtley really.

Birtley will become more of an issue as there are now lights at new Morrisons which will be switched on imminently.

I'm struggling to see the cost benefit of a new bus lane other than some camera fundraising