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Jane Hall

Funding decision due on ambitious North Tyneside coastal cycling and walking route

These images show what a dedicated cycling and walking route along the North Tyneside seafront could look like.

North Tyneside Council has come up with ambitious plans to enhance cycling and walking along the coast in the wake of a temporary – but for some controversial - scheme that was put in place after the first Covid lockdown in the summer of 2020 to allow more space for social distancing.

Now the council is waiting to hear if its bid submitted in August last year for £3.5m in funding from the newly formed Government agency, Active Travel England, has been given the go ahead. A decision was deferred until March this year to allow Active Travel England to give its verdict on the plans.

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