New Road Layout On Springwell Road In Wrekenton
Reported by Andrew Cullen at 13:05, Thu 8 March 2007; the map was not used so pin location may be inaccurate
Sent to Gateshead Borough Council 25 minutes later
2 or so weeks ago the road layout on Springwell Road was significantly changed. The change involved splitting a 2 lane road into 3 lanes and painting a box junction. This means you have 2 decent sized lanes of traffic and one restricted lane of traffic. This introduces further problems for residents of Springwell Road for parking their cars. I live at number 29 and I already have double yellow lines outside my house. I used to park at the end of the double yellow lines, but now I cannot even park there as I will be blocking the road. I will also be reporting this to my MP.
The Solution to the problem is very simple.
Return the road 2 two lanes as it was before (and has been for DECADES) and paint the box junction to cover the whole of the road. This will allow busses out of the junction during busy times but will also at least give some limited parking facilities for some of us residents.
I would be very happy to discuss this with anyone and will also welcome someone to visit me at home so that I can show the problem.
I will also be writing to my MP about this as an attempted solution at a slight problem is just making things worse.
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