The Blue House and Jesmond Dene Road junctions need to change - to improve safety, to encourage more people to walk and cycle, to reduce air pollution - but how can we compare alternative proposals for these junctions? This is the first of three posts covering potential success criteria that can be used to evaluate alternative proposals.
The full list of potential criteria is listed in our write up of the second working group meeting. In this first post the criteria we are looking at are:
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The Blue House and Jesmond Dene Road junctions need to change - to improve safety, to encourage more people to walk and cycle, to reduce air pollution - but how can we compare alternative proposals for these junctions? This is the first of three posts covering potential success criteria that can be used to evaluate alternative proposals.
The full list of potential criteria is listed in our write up of the second working group meeting. In this first post the criteria we are looking at are:
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The second meeting of the Blue House working group took place on Monday 3rd October 2016.
A dedicated website has been developed by the Newcastle University's Digital Civics team who are assisting the Newcastle City Council and the working group members. This website, http://bluehousegroup.org/ has been set up to record the Blue House discussions and to hold supporting documents to the process. The site is a public site where you are free to add comments or ask questions at the end of the 
In this post we look at the Environmental Impact Assessment Screening & Scoping Report ("the EIASSR") lodged as part of the planning documents for the original plans for the Blue House roundabout and Jesmond Dene Road. The EIASSR's aim was to identify the different types of environmental assessments that would have been needed had those plans gone ahead. 
SPACE for Gosforth has received a response to our Open Letter to The North East Local Enterprise Partnership. In that letter we sought assurances that the funding for the Blue House, Jesmond Dene Road and Haddricks Mill proposals would only be released if those proposals met the NELEP's own commitments to reduce carbon emissions from transport and supported the use of shared and sustainable modes of transport. 
One of the reasons stated for the size of the proposed Blue House roundabout was extra traffic generated by new housing developments to the west and north of the city. Planning approval is currently being sought from North Tyneside Council for a development of 238 new houses on Gosforth Business Park. This development, and in particular decisions made relating to its layout and design, will directly influence the volume of traffic through Haddricks Mill and Blue House junctions. 
"Building the West Gosforth we want" Public Meeting at Trinity, hosted by Chi Onwurah MP our MP, with speeches by:
- Catherine McKinnel, Newcastle North MP
- Councillor Ged Bell, Cabinet Member for Investment and Development
- Graham Grant, Head of Transport Investment
Facilitated by Newcastle Digital Civics Department, Newcastle University
With the Blue House plans being shelved and the announcement that the Council would engage with community groups and stakeholders, the potential for 
At the SPACE for Gosforth public meeting in Trinity Church we outlined how the size of the Blue House roundabout was due to a predicted increase in vehicle traffic; and how an alternative that prioritises helping people get about on foot, by cycle and public transport could be a viable alternative that meets Newcastle City Council's objectives and saves the Town Moor.
This post is our feedback to the Blue House to Haddricks Mill scheme. You can comment on these proposals up to Sunday 21 
A sincere thank you to everyone for taking the time (on a particularly beautiful evening!) to hear our views on the proposals for Blue House to Haddrick's Mill. It was certainly a very full Trinity. A special thank you to the Trinity members who helped us with the technology and seating.
You can download the slide decks:
Context (ppt pdf)
Alternatives (ppt pdf)
Action: What you can do (ppt pdf)
It is important to challenge the proposed plan by Sunday 21st August 2016 to ensure