Sunderland Area Developments - St Mary's Way, Vaux, New Wear Bridge etc

cbma06

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28 May 2015, 7:18 am #326

(26 May 2015, 6:30 pm)Michael Shame the whole area was wreaked when they decided to change it.

I'm hoping once the VAUX site is done and everything has being cleared away, someone will start to build on it, i haven't being down that way in a while, may have a visit later this week.

Current projects:

VAUX site
Hilton hotel at the SOL
New college in the city centre
Seaburn/Roker
New bridge.

All these need to be done before anything is done.... i mean the bridge will take 3 years so include that as a long term project.

College, Hilton hotel should open next year
Seaburn should be done in the next few months
VAUX site - not sure whats planned atm

Other projects

The court and police station is supposed to be the council hands........ no doubt they'll be empty for years.

I think they need to move the civic centre.... maybe move to the VUAX site, means that area can be used as a car park for the college.

would like to see the road on Fawcett street extended width wise, to help the buses have a clear run up Fawcett street instead of been blocked by 2 buses on the bus stop, or maybe have Fawcett street layout similar to South Shields Keppel street east, but have each stand room for 2 buses.

Since the council will be starting the new paving,seating area from Bridge street and finishing at St Michaels way, I think the council takes control of the police station building from this September, maybe their knock it down but I don't think it will be empty for to long, as it would of costed the council quite abit of cash, maybe another hotel lol, So far as am aware that the road from St Marys all the way to B&Q roundabout will be 2 lanes in each direction and their be taking out the small roundabout at the bottom of Hylton road and replacing it by 4 way traffic lights.

I would of liked to see the council ousted from their out dated civic centre and take up residents at empty building in the town until their new build at Vaux site, would of perfered to see the sunderland college to be build on the civic centre site and take down the old wet damp civic car park and replace it with a brand new car park which would be extended over the metro lines area and tie it in with something better on the Holmside triangle site.

About the Courts, I think its out of sunderland council control, as the Courts were going to be elsewhere at a vacant site at Farringdon Row, I think the land has been purchased but before the building work commenced the ministers put a hold on building the new court complex.