Liberal Democrat Councillors representing Sunniside in Gateshead have won their battle to persuade Gateshead Council to install traffic lights at the junction of Front Street and Sunniside Road.
The notorious junction leads many people to “rat run” through the Sunniside estate to get onto the main road through the village at the Coronation Road junction where traffic lights allow for better traffic flows.
Councillors Jonathan Wallace and Alan and Marilynn Ord had been calling for the traffic lights for a number of years. Earlier this year they put the case to the Council Leader and Chief Executive.
Plans to install the traffic lights were then agreed at the Gateshead Council cabinet meeting held at the end of October.
“This has been a long running campaign and the increasing amount of traffic passing through Sunniside means that this junction of two busy roads gets clogged up in the rush hour,” said Jonathan.
“Traffic lights will help to improve the situation and reduce the number of vehicles stuck in traffic jams in the village.”
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