A permanent redesign of the road outside Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) is finally set to get under way next year.
City transport chiefs have announced the latest on plans for a major transformation of Queen Victoria Road. Temporary cycle lanes have been in place on the busy city centre street since the pandemic summer of 2020, brought in as a means of supporting social distancing by giving road space over to walkers and cyclists during the pandemic.
Newcastle City Council bosses then confirmed in March 2021 that they wanted to launch a permanent overhaul, creating a new segregated, two-way cycleway along the length of Queen Victoria Road. Work on the £2.3m scheme is now expected to begin in 2023, much to the delight of campaigners.
