Comments on: Gosforth High Street – Good Policy, Terrible Plan https://www.spaceforgosforth.com/gosforth-high-street-good-policy-terrible-plan/ Sun, 12 Mar 2023 01:23:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Peter M https://www.spaceforgosforth.com/gosforth-high-street-good-policy-terrible-plan/#comment-424266 Sun, 12 Mar 2023 01:23:25 +0000 https://spaceforgosforth.com/?p=6997#comment-424266 In reply to Phil Ternent.

The Council has stated it will consult to introduce an LTN after the bus lane has been put in place. We already know that Hawthorn/West Ave/Ivy/Linden is a common short cut to and from Salters Rd. It makes no sense to wait for an inevitable further increase in traffic volume on these residential streets.

]]> By: Phil Ternent https://www.spaceforgosforth.com/gosforth-high-street-good-policy-terrible-plan/#comment-421047 Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:42:17 +0000 https://spaceforgosforth.com/?p=6997#comment-421047 Agree with Emgee. Linden road in particular seems to be used as an alternative from salters rd near jubilee rd to elmfield rd junction with the high st to by pass the busiest part of high st/junction with church rd. Also Graham pk rd. Needs something sorting out to deter this detour from High St. Certainly not safer on these streets since High St traffic slowed down.

]]> By: Emgee https://www.spaceforgosforth.com/gosforth-high-street-good-policy-terrible-plan/#comment-421045 Sun, 12 Feb 2023 17:02:38 +0000 https://spaceforgosforth.com/?p=6997#comment-421045 Yet again the focus is solely on the High Street ignoring the fact that there is now far less traffic on the route than pre-Covid days. The traffic that has diverted from the High Street is now polluting nearby arteries into the city. It’s about time Safer Streets recognised this and did some research into traffic volumes and pollution on the other Gosforth residential streets now being used as alternatives to the High Street. A holistic approach is what’s needed, the current proposals will simply shift the problem elsewhere.

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