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  • Edinburgh Road / Glasgow Road, Jarrow - Proposed Zebra Crossing

    South Tyneside Council are writing to resident to gauge their thoughts on a road safety proposal in your area. The school crossing patrol currently managing the crossing point on Edinburgh Road plays a crucial role in ensuring the safety of pedestrians traveling to and from the local...

    Closed 10 January 2025

  • Formal Consultation - Victoria Road East Zebra Crossing

    As part of South Tyneside Council’s ongoing commitment to create a safer environment for all highway users, we propose to make an improvement on Victoria Road East, Hebburn. The Road Safety Team would like to install a new Zebra crossing. The crossing has been proposed to improve...

    Closed 16 December 2024

  • Whitburn Permit Scheme Review

    South Tyneside Council is reaching out to residents participating in the permit parking scheme on the above-mentioned streets. Over the past year, the team has received a significant number of concerns regarding this scheme and as indicated at the time of its implementation, the team...

    Closed 2 December 2024

  • Formal Consultation - Winskell Road Zebra Crossing

    As part of South Tyneside Council’s ongoing commitment to create a safer environment for all highway users, we propose to make an improvement on Winskell Road, South Shields. The Road Safety Team would like to install a new Zebra crossing. The crossing has been proposed to improve...

    Closed 2 December 2024

  • Formal Consultation - Centenary Avenue Zebra Crossing

    As part of South Tyneside Council’s ongoing commitment to create a safer environment for all highway users, we propose to make an improvement on Centenary Avenue, South Shields. The Road Safety Team would like to install a new Zebra crossing. The crossing has been proposed to...

    Closed 16 November 2024

We asked, you said, we did

Below are outcomes for some of the issues we've recently asked about. See all outcomes

We asked

We proposed to remove a short section of parking restriction to allow parking outside the church. 

You said

residents and regular users of the road felt that this would result in obstructions ti their driveways and result in congestion. 

We did

We acknowleded those comments and felt that we should not proceed with the scheme at this time. 

We asked

We proposed to ammend the existing parking restrictions and dparking bays  to allow larger vehicels to manouvre through this junction.

You said

Nobody objected.

We did

The existing restrictions will be adjusted to allow larger vehicels to manouvre through this junction. The restrictions will be operational on 09/12/24 

We asked

We proposed to introduce parking restrictions

You said

The majority of residents were against the proposal highlighting that parking opportunities were limited and there were no alternative parking spaces nearby.

We did

We listened to these concerns and decided not to progress with our proposal at this time. We suggested that residents should work together to make the best use of the available space and we promised to review the situation in six moths time.