Sunderland Area Developments - St Mary's Way, Vaux, New Wear Bridge etc
Sunderland Area Developments - St Mary's Way, Vaux, New Wear Bridge etc
Bit info on the choice of names for the new square:
Keel Square / Yard – a “Keel Line” is the backbone of a ship and the name of one of the new artworks that will feature in the square
Voyager Place / Square – a journey to a distant destination
Vector Place / Square – a vector is a line drawn on a ships chart to represent both its magnitude and direction. It is a ‘line into the future’
Unity Place / Square – the joining of two sides, and the friendship and union of people
Swan Place / Square – a reference to Sunderland born Joseph Swan who invented the incandescent light bulb
Vista Place / Square – a pleasing view; a long narrow view between rows of trees or buildings
Victory Place / Square – a success or triumph in a struggle against odds or difficulties
Sandrail Place / Square – the name of the steel vessel created to support the construction of the pier at Roker
Venerable Place / Square – reference to HMS Venerable, on which Jack Crawford of Sunderland served, and Venerable Bede
(05 Jul 2014, 3:56 pm)Andreos Constantopolous Or stand waiting for a bus, which along with 59 others, which is stuck in traffic on the other side of the river.
Changing buses must be the lesser of two evils - it keeps buses in an even keel and helps reduce any regulation.
Not sure of any other solutions.
(05 Jul 2014, 3:56 pm)Andreos Constantopolous Or stand waiting for a bus, which along with 59 others, which is stuck in traffic on the other side of the river.
Changing buses must be the lesser of two evils - it keeps buses in an even keel and helps reduce any regulation.
Not sure of any other solutions.
(08 Jul 2014, 8:54 pm)Drifter60 I'd say operating a shuttle bus Wearmouth Bridge-Sunderland Interchange would be the only option. Doubled decked operation I imagine. Have all services terminating at North Bridge Street like 35's to Houghton/Hetton, then shuttle bus to interchange the 35's back the other way.
(08 Jul 2014, 8:54 pm)Drifter60 I'd say operating a shuttle bus Wearmouth Bridge-Sunderland Interchange would be the only option. Doubled decked operation I imagine. Have all services terminating at North Bridge Street like 35's to Houghton/Hetton, then shuttle bus to interchange the 35's back the other way.
(09 Jul 2014, 3:24 pm)Andreos Constantopolous They have one in the Metrocentre
Get yourself along there man.
(09 Jul 2014, 3:24 pm)Andreos Constantopolous They have one in the Metrocentre
Get yourself along there man.
(09 Jul 2014, 3:27 pm)Andreos Constantopolous Have you tried the American Diner on the a19 before the Wolviston junction?
You can only get there by car, but it is good.
(09 Jul 2014, 3:27 pm)Andreos Constantopolous Have you tried the American Diner on the a19 before the Wolviston junction?
You can only get there by car, but it is good.
Excuse me chaps not going to talk about the Metro Centre as I bloody hate it.
But Stagecoach and Go North East tweeted about talks about about the congestion at the Wearmouth Bridge.
Then they tweeted saying it was eaiser now. Then SC SS ops started pulling E services again.
Any idea what happened chaps?
Put it in here as it seemed best place than duplicating post in GNE & SC sub forums.
(09 Jul 2014, 4:10 pm)idiot Excuse me chaps not going to talk about the Metro Centre as I bloody hate it.
But Stagecoach and Go North East tweeted about talks about about the congestion at the Wearmouth Bridge.
Then they tweeted saying it was eaiser now. Then SC SS ops started pulling E services again.
Any idea what happened chaps?
Put it in here as it seemed best place than duplicating post in GNE & SC sub forums.
(09 Jul 2014, 4:10 pm)idiot Excuse me chaps not going to talk about the Metro Centre as I bloody hate it.
But Stagecoach and Go North East tweeted about talks about about the congestion at the Wearmouth Bridge.
Then they tweeted saying it was eaiser now. Then SC SS ops started pulling E services again.
Any idea what happened chaps?
Put it in here as it seemed best place than duplicating post in GNE & SC sub forums.
(09 Jul 2014, 5:16 pm)idiot I knew where they are working Michael was asking does anyone know if they came up with a solution?
(09 Jul 2014, 5:16 pm)idiot I knew where they are working Michael was asking does anyone know if they came up with a solution?
(09 Jul 2014, 5:19 pm)Dan The bus operators haven't come up with a solution. Both operators have contacted the council, and the council isn't doing anything to help.
Suggestions have been made by members of this forum; including terminating in the City Centre and St. Peter's, with shuttle services running in between, and another has been to divert via the Queen Alexandra Bridge and go via Deptford.
(09 Jul 2014, 5:19 pm)Dan The bus operators haven't come up with a solution. Both operators have contacted the council, and the council isn't doing anything to help.
Suggestions have been made by members of this forum; including terminating in the City Centre and St. Peter's, with shuttle services running in between, and another has been to divert via the Queen Alexandra Bridge and go via Deptford.
Thanks Dan.
The way the tweets came out I thought they had come up with a magic solution lol...
No bother Michael. My bad I should of worded it better. Between Thurs & Sun last weekend I waited sorry wasted about 2 hours of my life stuck in various parts of St Marys Way, Wearmouth Bridge, Dame Dot Street and the road down to the East End (can't remember what its called).
(09 Jul 2014, 5:20 pm)Michael There's a surprise!
(09 Jul 2014, 5:20 pm)Michael There's a surprise!
(09 Jul 2014, 5:24 pm)Dan Not sure what they could do though - building dedicated 'bus lanes' during peak periods would only cause the traffic for cars to backlog behind the bridge and the buses would therefore be unable to get onto the bridge anyway.
The roundabout on the other side of the bridge has always been a nightmare, even before any work was done. Neither buses nor cars pay attention to the road markings, and if you stand near the roundabout for about 10 minutes, I guarantee you will witness at least two near misses.
(09 Jul 2014, 5:24 pm)Dan Not sure what they could do though - building dedicated 'bus lanes' during peak periods would only cause the traffic for cars to backlog behind the bridge and the buses would therefore be unable to get onto the bridge anyway.
The roundabout on the other side of the bridge has always been a nightmare, even before any work was done. Neither buses nor cars pay attention to the road markings, and if you stand near the roundabout for about 10 minutes, I guarantee you will witness at least two near misses.
(09 Jul 2014, 5:30 pm)Michael Tbh same, taking all the buses to the other bridge will only make that area worse, think we will have to live with it until the whole road is complete
Still think they should of took the roundabout up and replaced it with a square junction, although doing that it will make it even worse
(09 Jul 2014, 5:30 pm)Michael Tbh same, taking all the buses to the other bridge will only make that area worse, think we will have to live with it until the whole road is complete
Still think they should of took the roundabout up and replaced it with a square junction, although doing that it will make it even worse
(09 Jul 2014, 5:58 pm)Dan What are they doing with it again?
I thought they were completely removing it and having it as a three-way traffic light junction?
(09 Jul 2014, 5:58 pm)Dan What are they doing with it again?
I thought they were completely removing it and having it as a three-way traffic light junction?
Does anyone know if the plans have changed at all since 2011 for the Wearmouth Bridge roundabout?
There is a plan on page 25 of 59 of the book (31 of 72 of the actual PDF).