MANY former steelworkers from in and around Teesside will be feeling a bit happier reading The Northern Echo article on Monday headlined “Deal agreed to develop 1,500 acres of Tata land”.
Most of us who have worked on these now redundant Tees steel sites will wish anyone well on getting the possibility of 20,000 jobs and drive an additional £1bn per year into the Tees Valley economy.
If we can get a viable local Teesside International Airport back into a better position via the £40m Peel deal then we will all be better off.
Hence it may be a big ask but if the five Labour leaders and the Tory Tees Valley mayor can park up the tribal party politics then we can all move forward. Like the Brexit fiasco, time will tell.
George Dunning, Ormesby
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