After years of waiting, hoping, and watching one of the North East’s great symbols fall into an ever more embarrassing state, Tyneside finally got the news it so desperately needed last week.
The Tyne Bridge will at last be rescued from its state of rust and disrepair, with a £41m renovation programme for both it and the Central Motorway approved by the government. It is, without doubt, a colossal relief and fantastic news for the region, meaning we can hopefully now look forward to celebrating the famous crossing’s centenary in 2028 with it back to its best.
But the arduous battle to get here has not been forgotten. The need for a major influx of government funding to give the Tyne Bridge its first major maintenance since the turn of the century has been high on local transport chiefs’ agenda since at least 2015 and the bid approved last week has been sat with the Department for Transport (DfT) since summer 2019.
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