Focus on Low Fell, Gateshead

Local news from Low Fell Councillors Ron Beadle, Susan Craig & Frank Hindle

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The latest proposals:

The Council has reviewed the existing parking restrictions on the west side of Durham Road between Belle Vue Bank and Cross Keys Lane and the following changes are proposed.

• The existing bus stop clearway will be shortened at the back to allow for an 8m long limited loading area, restrictions should ensure no one parks here for long periods and buses should be able to cope at peak times (loading may not be done during this time).
• The Bus Stop - with a shelter - will be slightly relocated to outside the entrance of Bar Mundo and the clearway extended to accommodate this.
• The existing parking bays and taxi rank will be swapped around, The parking bays will also form part of the taxi rank doubling the capacity for taxis after 6pm.
• A physical build out at the front of the bus stop will also be installed to ensure taxis do not encroach into the bus bay.
• Existing disabled parking will remain unchanged.
• The council will also remove any unnecessary street furniture in its continued commitment to reduce street clutter.

There is a plan of the proposals on the transport consultation page on the council website

The Council is wanting comments on the schemes by Friday 21th October 2011.

What Frank, Ron & Susan say:

Frank, Susan and Ron think the new proposals make a lot of sense - they allow the bus stop and shelter to be together, give room for buses and creare a better sized place for taxis at night, but should stop them using too much space. We know that there are some problems with the disabled parking bays being close to one of the raised flowerbeds, but we think that will bersdt bne solved by changing the flower bed - which need to be improved in any case.

We need to see if any other issues are raised duiing the consultation - more consultation at an earlier stage might have prevented the confusion of recent months.

We then want to see working taking place to put the bus stop and shelter together in a suitable spot as quickly as possible. Please sign the petition to help us persuade everyone involved at Gateshead Council that this really does need doing quickly.

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