"No prior say" for residents, councillors on "complex and disruptive" road scheme
Opposition Liberal Democrat councillors in the Gosforth, North Jesmond, High Heaton, and Benton Park Road areas of Newcastle have expressed concern at Newcastle City Council's failure to seek feedback from local councillors and residents ahead of the unveiling of proposals for the Blue House-Haddricksmill corridor and junctions improvement plan next week. Despite being on the drawing board for several years, council transport planners have so far declined to involve local residents and ward councillors in devising the scheme. Lib Dem councillors representing communities set to be affected by the works recognise that improvements to this congested route are necessary and desirable, but feel that the council has missed an important opportunity to take account of local knowledge and concerns. Local councillors will be briefed about the plans at a hastily arranged meeting on 20th July - only hours before the start of public drop-in information sessions in South Gosforth and Jesmond. It has also emerged tha
