Newcastle’s new council leader will rethink a “confused” redesign of the city’s most beautiful street.
Grey Street has undergone some major changes in the past couple of years, with a series of temporary measures installed to take space away from cars and give it to pedestrians, cyclists, and pavement cafes. The gradual revamp of the beloved city centre thoroughfare has been ultimately aimed towards a total pedestrianisation, the centrepiece of a £50m transformation of the city centre.
But the recent power shift at Newcastle Civic Centre could throw the proposals into question. Nick Kemp, who has recently replaced Nick Forbes as the city’s Labour council leader, has spoken out against the current state of the Georgian street, which has included laying temporary pavements and installing a long row of bollards.
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