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New measures to improve public transport are to be installed on Gosforth High Street.

Bus lane provision will be extended to improve bus reliability and journey times on this key public transport route. 

This would see the northbound bus lane extended to provide an almost continuous bus provision running from Blue House Roundabout in the south to the Church Road/Salters Road junction in the north. At the same time, the bollards will also be removed.

The plans are part of a phased approach to the High Street which would see bus priority measures installed from 20 March using an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order (ETRO), with a second phase looking at the longer-term options for the high street.

Using an ETRO, we will make the bus priority changes in March 2023. 

Public consultation is taking place for the first six months of the scheme being implemented. This will allow us to trial the scheme and gauge public feedback, ahead of making a long-term decision on elements of detailed design.

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