Scrutiny over Gateshead Flyover Crisis

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Gateshead Liberal Democrat councillor and North East Combined Authority overview and scrutiny committee member, Dawn Welsh, has called for a special meeting with Mayor Kim McGuinness and Deputy Mayor Martin Gannon to be held in the New Year to discuss the Gateshead flyover crisis.

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00:00Gateshead Lib Dem Councillor and North East Combined Authority Overview and Scrutiny Committee

00:04member Dawn Welsh has called for a special meeting with Mayor Kim McGuinness and Deputy Mayor Martin

00:08Gannon to be held in the new year to discuss the Gateshead flyover crisis. The committee was set

00:12up in May to review the work of the authority. Councillor Welsh has stated it's imperative that

00:16Tyneside residents are able to travel around their local area and the wider region. Businesses also

00:21need to be able to operate efficiently and profitably for us to be able to achieve both

00:24our business growth targets and inward investment goals. She also went on to say that the fact of

00:28the matter is our region lags years behind other regions in England in the transport

00:32infrastructure changes that are necessary to facilitate this. Nexus say that there is a strong

00:38possibility that the public transport operator would soon be unable to sustain services south

00:42of the River Tyne as trains are unable to return to their maintenance depot. A spokesperson from

00:46the North East Combined Authority said the upkeep of the Gateshead flyover is the responsibility of

00:50Gateshead Council but the combined authority and the mayor have been active in offering support

00:55to the council as it seeks both an immediate fix and a long-term solution.

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