A new feud has broken out over Newcastle’s latest ‘Low Traffic Neighbourhood’ road restrictions.
Closures imposed on a number of streets in Jesmond last week in an effort to stop rat-running have sparked a fresh row over council bosses’ plans to make areas safer and less polluted. Though the changes have been welcomed by some residents, opponents have complained the measures have caused chaos on surrounding roads and fear businesses in the Cradlewell will suffer as a result.
The restrictions imposed on March 6 have been put in place to try and stop drivers cutting down residential areas to get between the Coast Road and Osborne Road – with through traffic blocked from a series of streets between Osborne Avenue and Cavendish Road. But the move has been met with consternation on neighbouring Grosvenor Road, which is not blocked off and has been hit with “mayhem” as motorists who previously used the other streets divert there instead.
