GATESHEAD Council engineers, police and councillors in Whickham, Gateshead, are looking at ways to prevent illegal motorcycling on a public footpath that runs past a popular school.
Coalway Lane path runs from Coalway Drive in Whickham, past Swalwell School and down to Clavering Road in Swalwell. It is a footpath with wide grass verges on both sides but there is no road.
Residents have raised a number of concerns about the dangers posed by people illegally riding motorcycles and in some cases cars on the footpath. People are worried there will be an accident and are fed up with the noise from the bikes.
Councillor Chris Ord, Liberal Democrat member for Whickham North and Swalwell toured the area with the police and officers on Thursday 30th March.
“It was important that the engineers and the police saw the path to understand the problems residents are facing,” said Cllr Ord. “We will be investigating possible solutions that stop motorbikes getting access.”
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