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Good morning everyone,

It's been a busy time for us as we look to catch-up from this years unforeseen delay and deliver Active Travel schemes for the benefit of residents and visitors. As a progress report we've since actioned the following;

For the latter we will be monitoring this site closely and is considered to be a temporary measure. For further information please feel free to contact us in the usual manner.

Good morning everyone,

We're pleased to say that one of first cycle schemes of this year has been implemented. This is located at Lukes Lane between the Mill Lane Roundabout and new residential estate- a total of nearly 800 metres. The traffic cones that you see below are simply a temporary measure until new permanent features are delivered and a resurfacing scheme completed later in the year.

Consultation, particularly for schemes that reallocate space away from the private car is quite important. With everyone's assistance on this project earlier in the year we will continue to deliver for the benefit of residents and visitors to South Tyneside.

All the best,

The Strategic Transport Team

Good morning everyone,

It’s been a few weeks since we’ve updated you all on this- it’s not because we've forgotten about it by any means. We've been busy working on this and other walking and cycling related projects.

As some of you may have seen elsewhere, the North East has been successful in receiving Emergency Active Travel Fund (Tranche 1) funding with South Tyneside also gaining a share. We have, or are currently;

• Working towards installing our Tranche 1 schemes;

• Recently submitted our Tranche 2 schemes for consideration at a regional level;

• Installing cycle parking at various points on the public highway;

• Undertaken cycle route audits across our main network, checking for defects to rectify in future;

• Working with Park that Bike to allow small local community groups to gain free cycle parking, and;

• Working towards delivering our wider highways program for this year and preparing for 20/21.

This lockdown has, like everywhere else impacted how and when we are able to deliver. Rest assured we are doing the best we can under the current circumstances.

It is likely that this project and website will be wound down by Commonplace in the next several months and there are still likely to be lots to discuss. You can still contact us via our email address; strategictransport@southtyneside.gov.uk or continue to follow South Tyneside Council’s news channels for updates as we progress.

All the best,

The Strategic Transport Team

Good morning Everyone,

There's now only two days left before we close down this system and begin to analyse the results. This time we don't propose to extend any further and this is the final deadline.

Over the last few weeks we’ve had huge interest in this which to date can be briefly summarised as;

The Team has already invested some time in analysing the results; however this will begin in earnest next week once the system has been locked down.

So once again, a big thank you to everyone who’s taken part and contributed to this consultation and if you've any queries please feel free to email us.

Many thanks,

Strategic Transport Team

Good morning everyone,

Due to unprecedented demand we’ve decided to keep this open for another few weeks. Deadline is midnight June 14th.

If anyone is following the updates that are being published there’s an significant amount of developments in active travel- from rules changes to funding submissions. We aim to do as much as reasonably practicable for the residents and visitors of South Tyneside.

Thanks to everyone has contributed or sent us emails during this period- rest assured we're getting through all of the latter!

Many thanks,

The Strategic Transport Team

Good morning everyone,

It’s safe to say we were a little surprised when we looked at this website last Thursday and even more so this morning. With over 150 active suggestions at this stage it’s on target to surpass the comments which we received via our 20 week LCWIP consultation.

Aside from the fantastic range of demographics and responses we’ve received from our ‘standard’ questions the amount you’ve given to the team has been dramatic and we’re slowly working through it now.

Rest assured we’ll keep you informed of our progress as this project develops.

Many thanks,

The Strategic Transport Team