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Tyne Tunnel Not the Answer—Report

10th October 1958, Page 44
10th October 1958
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A SURVEY of traffic conditions on

Tyneside, carried out by King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne, is now being considered by the Tyne Tunnel Joint Committee. It indicates that the proposed tunnel would do little to alleviate congestion in Newcastle and Gateshead.

The report, prepared by Prof. W. F. Cassie and Prof. J. H. Jones, states that about 50,000 vehicles use the existing bridges over the Tyne daily. It is estimated that only 6,200 would use the proposed Jarrow-Hdwden road tunnel, and only 2,200 would be diverted to the tunnel from existing crossings.

Of vehicles using the ferries between Jarrow and Howden, and North and South Shields, about 75 per cent, were bound either for Newcastle or Gateshead.