Footbridge demolition this weekend
The A184 Askew Road will be closed in both directions this Saturday evening and all Sunday to allow the footbridge over the road to be demolished.
Once the footbridge over Askew Road has been demolished, a new pedestrian crossing will be installed in its place.
This is part of the council's wider plans to regenerate the area and make it more attractive.
The road will be closed from 6pm on Saturday 25 January until 6am on Monday 27 January.
The demolition works will be disruptive, with the works to the concrete bridge involving high levels of noise.
We will be contacting local residents to warn them of the road closure and demolition work.
Diversions will be in place for drivers to take an alternative route.
The Council is working with Keepmoat Homes to develop a site east of the Redheugh Bridge to provide 89 new homes, including both private and affordable, as part of regeneration plans to encourage more housing in and around the town centre. New housing is also planned for the Clasper Village site on the other side of the roundabout.
We are bringing forward a project to redesign the A184 Askew Road as a single carriageway route in either direction and improve the pedestrian and cycling links to the town centre and beyond.
Anneliese Hutchinson, Strategic Director for Economy, Innovation and Growth at Gateshead Council, said: "This project is part of a wider strategy the council is implementing to encourage more people to live in, work in and visit our town centre.
"We want to create an attractive town centre with pleasant areas of new housing well connected to the centre and the river - to the places people want to go, and where we want to see businesses thrive."
During the demolition, and while works are ongoing to build the new crossing, a diversion for pedestrians and cyclists will be available using School Street, Cuthbert Street and Askew Road West. Pedestrians may wish to use Tyne Road and take the path passing beneath the Redheugh Bridge to avoid crossing the on and off ramps to the bridge.
The A184 Askew Road will be closed in both directions this Saturday evening and all Sunday to allow the footbridge over the road to be demolished.
Once the footbridge over Askew Road has been demolished, a new pedestrian crossing will be installed in its place.
This is part of the council's wider plans to regenerate the area and make it more attractive.
The road will be closed from 6pm on Saturday 25 January until 6am on Monday 27 January.
The demolition works will be disruptive, with the works to the concrete bridge involving high levels of noise.
We will be contacting local residents to warn them of the road closure and demolition work.
Diversions will be in place for drivers to take an alternative route.
The Council is working with Keepmoat Homes to develop a site east of the Redheugh Bridge to provide 89 new homes, including both private and affordable, as part of regeneration plans to encourage more housing in and around the town centre. New housing is also planned for the Clasper Village site on the other side of the roundabout.
We are bringing forward a project to redesign the A184 Askew Road as a single carriageway route in either direction and improve the pedestrian and cycling links to the town centre and beyond.
Anneliese Hutchinson, Strategic Director for Economy, Innovation and Growth at Gateshead Council, said: "This project is part of a wider strategy the council is implementing to encourage more people to live in, work in and visit our town centre.
"We want to create an attractive town centre with pleasant areas of new housing well connected to the centre and the river - to the places people want to go, and where we want to see businesses thrive."
During the demolition, and while works are ongoing to build the new crossing, a diversion for pedestrians and cyclists will be available using School Street, Cuthbert Street and Askew Road West. Pedestrians may wish to use Tyne Road and take the path passing beneath the Redheugh Bridge to avoid crossing the on and off ramps to the bridge.
