Middlesbrough Eastern Connectivity: Town Centre to South Bank, Berwick Hills and Ormesby
Closing Date: 28th February 2025
Location: Middlesbrough
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Closing Date: 28th February 2025
Location: Middlesbrough
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In July and August 2024, we asked for your feedback on our initial proposals to provide improvements on getting people better connected from the east of Middlesbrough into Middlesbrough Town Centre.
Based on your feedback and design reviews Tees Valley Combined Authority, in partnership with Middlesbrough Council, have made some further changes to the proposals for Longlands Road, with the aim of making walking, wheeling, and cycling safer and more attractive options to get into Middlesbrough.
Your responses helped to develop these proposals further, and we want to now show you our latest plans. Please view the overview map here and review the plans for Longlands Road to Normanby Road here.
For an enlarged version of the map, please click here.
For an enlarged version of the visualisation, please click here.
The Levelling Up Funding (LUF) secured for this project is fully pledged for sustainable transport projects to promote more walking, wheeling, and cycling in our area. Additional plans for this area will be progressing later this year; please sign up to stay up to date.
This scheme is due to be begin construction in autumn 2025. If you have any remaining questions or concerns about the updated proposals, you can:
The plans will be finalised based on further feedback from the survey closing on 28 Feb 2025. Once finalized, Middlesbrough Council, in their role as the Highways Authority, will hold a formal advertisement on final plans from March 2025.
Additional plans to improve transport plans in Middlesbrough will be coming forward later this year; please sign up to stay up to date.
Middlesbrough town centre has a mix of destinations for shoppers, students, workers, and visitors, such as, Middlesbrough Rail Station, Middlesbrough College, and Teesside University. Other popular destinations are the Cleveland Shopping Centre, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Arts (MIMA), and the Town Hall.
South Bank is a residential and employment town which is linked to Middlesbrough town centre by the A66 and the A1085 trunk roads. The residential area of Ormesby is further south and is accessed from Middlesbrough via either Cargo Fleet Lane, the Marton Road (A172) or Ormesby Road, which passes through Berwick Hills. Lots of people live, work and access education in this area, which leads to a significant amount of traffic. Popular destinations include:
We know that buses are often held up when travelling through these areas during busy periods, which causes long and less reliable journeys for bus users. Walking, wheeling, and cycling along Longlands Road can also be unappealing due to high levels of traffic. We want to make journeys more reliable for people using the bus and safer and more enjoyable for people walking, wheeling, and cycling.
Longlands Road is a route which connects Middlesbrough town centre to Ormesby and Redcar and Cleveland. Due to the volume of vehicle traffic and no continuous paths for walking, wheeling, and cycling, people may feel unsafe.
By slowing traffic and reviewing bus priority on and around Longlands Road, we want to keep traffic flowing and find ways to give buses priority and better connect to Middlesbrough town centre, especially during congested times. We also want to make it more attractive for more people to walk, wheel and cycle.
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