ROAD WIDENING: Go-ahead to widen route to ease traffic congestion
ONE of the region’s busiest roads is to be widened to three lanes to ease congestion.
Just under four miles of the A1 Western Bypass in Gateshead, a busy commuter route into Tyneside, will be widened, the Government announced today.
As well as work on the section from the Coal House junction up to the Metro Centre junction, a new link road will be built between Lobley Hill and Gateshead Quays to keep local traffic off the A1.
Roads Minister Robert Goodwill said “The A1 Western Bypass is a key strategic route and the provision of parallel link roads for local traffic will ease congestion and improve journey times.”
Work is expected to start later this year.
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