Council bosses have been accused of “dither and delay” over a failure to remove the bollards on Gosforth High Street.
City transport chiefs announced last September that they would finally be getting rid of the heavily-criticised poles that had lined the high street since 2020. New designs for how the busy route could look were due to be released by the end of 2022 and the changes made early this year – but, as February begins, there has been little sign of progress.
Local Lib Dem councillors now claim to have been told by civic centre officers that a planned public consultation on the street’s long-term transformation has been “kicked into the long grass”. However, the local authority insists that the bollards will still be removed soon and has promised to share its vision for the high street’s future “in the coming weeks”.
