like this....
Car park and ride left totally empty as £51million project can't afford to connect to road (gbnews.com)
Apologise it GB news but it seems to be a right white elephant. Hope the one at AON doesn't end up like this!
Hope any new P&R up here don't end up..
Hope any new P&R up here don't end up..
RE: Hope any new P&R up here don't end up..
Great Park?
RE: Hope any new P&R up here don't end up..
Was having a bit of a think earlier when heading into Newcastle, would there be a benefit to having a Park & Ride site on Teams as from looking on Gateshead Council Website there doesn't appear to be any plans for this section of the estate which has been left vacant since demolition of houses a number of years ago.
I know a few work colleagues who park up on Lovitt Walk just adjacent to Redheugh Bridge and will then walk over the bridge into the office to avoid paying parking charges in the City Centre.
One thing I noticed this afternoon despite Newcastle Match not kicking off till 17:30 traffic was heavy in the area at 14:30 and I thought the old estate would be a good place for a Park & Ride to alleviate traffic.
Another place I thought of was Watergate Forest Car Park in Whickham which pretty decent in size and could fit a few hundred cars in I reckon.
I know a few work colleagues who park up on Lovitt Walk just adjacent to Redheugh Bridge and will then walk over the bridge into the office to avoid paying parking charges in the City Centre.
One thing I noticed this afternoon despite Newcastle Match not kicking off till 17:30 traffic was heavy in the area at 14:30 and I thought the old estate would be a good place for a Park & Ride to alleviate traffic.
Another place I thought of was Watergate Forest Car Park in Whickham which pretty decent in size and could fit a few hundred cars in I reckon.
RE: Hope any new P&R up here don't end up..
(4 hours ago)Malarkey wrote I know a few work colleagues who park up on Lovitt Walk just adjacent to Redheugh Bridge and will then walk over the bridge into the office to avoid paying parking charges in the City Centre.
One thing I noticed this afternoon despite Newcastle Match not kicking off till 17:30 traffic was heavy in the area at 14:30 and I thought the old estate would be a good place for a Park & Ride to alleviate traffic.
Thankfully new housing is at last planned for both east and west of the Redheugh Bridge in Gateshead. Once it’s redeveloped it should reduce the current fly tipping and fly parking there.
RE: Hope any new P&R up here don't end up..
See personally, if I was going to do a P&R round there, I'd look at the two sites in pink below (if available)
Then run an all day service doing the orange route, running non stop from the North P&R and all stops through Team Valley. It's quick to Newcastle, but at the same time you have a counter flow towards Team Valley which makes it more sustainable in the long run.
It's how a lot of the successful P&R's in York run, especially Monks Cross and the Designer Village.
It's much better than the next junction back, then having the use the 21 or X21 which are a chore of a route.
Then run an all day service doing the orange route, running non stop from the North P&R and all stops through Team Valley. It's quick to Newcastle, but at the same time you have a counter flow towards Team Valley which makes it more sustainable in the long run.
It's how a lot of the successful P&R's in York run, especially Monks Cross and the Designer Village.
It's much better than the next junction back, then having the use the 21 or X21 which are a chore of a route.
RE: Hope any new P&R up here don't end up..
(2 hours ago)Storx wrote See personally, if I was going to do a P&R round there, I'd look at the two sites in pink below (if available)
Then run an all day service doing the orange route, running non stop from the North P&R and all stops through Team Valley. It's quick to Newcastle, but at the same time you have a counter flow towards Team Valley which makes it more sustainable in the long run.
It's how a lot of the successful P&R's in York run, especially Monks Cross and the Designer Village.
It's much better than the next junction back, then having the use the 21 or X21 which are a chore of a route.
Planning permission (DC/15/01137/OUT) was previously granted for a hybrid development on land bound by Kingsway North and Second Avenue, Team Valley, involving B2/B8 industrial units, following Gateshead Council approvals. More recently, proposals have focused on a mixed-use scheme featuring a Wickes store, Starbucks drive-through, and EV charging so that would rule that site out as potential Park & Ride which was why I had suggested the ones in my previous post.