Traffic will be permanently banned from five Newcastle bridges in the city’s first Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs), transport chiefs have confirmed at last.
Council bosses have finally delivered a long-awaited verdict on the future of five crossings that were pedestrianised 18 months ago in a bid to stop alleged rat-running by drivers and improve air quality for locals by cutting car usage.
It was announced on Tuesday lunchtime that the experimental closures will now be made permanent at each site – Salters Bridge in Gosforth, Castle Farm Road Bridge next to Jesmond Dene, Haldane Bridge in Jesmond, the Argyle Street Bridge in Shieldfield and Stoneyhurst Bridge in South Gosforth.
