Sustainable Transport Proposals - Gosforth Drop In 2 April 2025

02 April 2025 - 02 April 2025

A drop in event where you can view drawings and talk to staff about proposals to improve walking, wheeling, cycling and bus journeys in Gosforth and Great North Road.

What we propose
We have been working on developments to connect the north-bound bus route between the Great North Road and Regent's Centre and on a package of active travel improvements around the High Street area. We would like to invite you to have your say on these proposals. We propose to install new sections of bus lane to connect existing sections together to improve the reliability of buses, also new measures to improve cycle routes to the High Street and, alongside this, pedestrian safety improvements with new crossings and some widened footways to help you move around the city.
Where you can see our plans
You can see these plans at this event on: Wednesday 2 April from 3 until 6pm at Trinity Church, High Street, Gosforth (access through the café).
The plans can also be viewed online from Wednesday 26 March at: Bus Service Improvement Plan and at Let's talk Newcastle - BSIP Central Gosforth 2025 or in person at the other drop-in sessions on Monday 7 April – 5 till 8pm – in Café 1901, Trinity Church, High Street, Gosforth.
More detail
  • The proposed changes to the current layout include:
  •  A new section of north bound bus lane between Graham Park Road and Elmfield Road. 
  • Installing a new, signalised puffin crossing over the High Street on the stretch between Roseworth Avenue and Graham Park Road. 
  • Options to close Moorfield to vehicles near its intersection with Moor Road or close Moor Road at the Great North Road junction. 
  • Closing the junction of West Avenue and High Street to vehicles with an exemption for cycles. 
  • Introducing a cycle connection between Gosforth Central Park and the High Street along St Nicholas Avenue. 
  • A widened footway on the west side of High Street between Ivy Road and Woodbine Road. 
  • A new section of north bound bus lane between the Gosforth Hotel public house and Henry Street. 
  • A new cycle lane along Christon Road. 
  • A segregated two-way cycle track on Great North Road between Hollywood Avenue and Christon Road.
Funding
The active travel interventions are funded by Active Travel England. 
The bus improvements are part of the larger North East Bus Service Improvement Plan (BSIP) project, which will make buses a better travel choice for people by making them cheaper, easier to use, and more reliable. 
This is supported by £163.5 million government funding in the region. You can find out more about this at: Bus Service Improvement Plan 2025.
Time to have your say 
You have until 27 April 2025 to have your say on these plans by:
  • leaving comments at this drop-in event
  • emailing your comments to transport@newcastle.gov.uk, 
  • writing to us at this address: Transport Engagement Team, Newcastle City Council, Floor 10, Newcastle Civic Centre, Barras Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8QH
  • Calling our message line on 0191 278 2767 
  • Taking part in our short survey on Let’s Talk Newcastle Online: Let's talk Newcastle - BSIP Central Gosforth 2025.
What happens next
We will use your comments to inform any changes to our proposed plans and we will publish more information online at Bus Service Improvement Plan, with the final plans going to Newcastle City Council's Cabinet later in 2025. 

If you have queries about the accessibility of the event, you need this information in another format or language, email transport@newcastle.gov.uk or call our message line on 0191 278 2767 and we will get back to you. 

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