A scheme to cut congestion by installing traffic lights on Leazes Bowl and Gilesgate roundabouts is set to be delayed again. Durham County Council is having to carry out further traffic surveys as part of its bodged County Plan process to be able to justify the Plan. Work which was due to start at Gilesgate […]

A major renovation of the Milburngate Bridge gets underway on Sunday 12 July. It will continue throughout the school summer holidays, when traffic using the route in peak hours usually falls by around 20 per cent, in order to minimise disruption as much as possible, although delays and congestion, particularly on other routes in and around […]

The County Council intends to close to vehicular traffic, from 6.00 pm on Sunday 5 July 2015 a 170 metre length of Saddler Street between its junctions with Market Place and North Bailey/Owengate. The closure is necessary to enable carriageway and footway repairs to be undertaken which will probably take some 5 nights to complete […]

Your Councillors have received complaints about cyclists using the pedestrianised Silver Street and causing danger to passers-by, especially when cycling downhill. Cycling is not permitted on Silver Street (between the Market Place and Framwellgate Bridge). Police Community Support Officers are now regularly monitoring the area and will be issuing tickets to those who ignore the […]

Your councillors are delighted to see that the street nameplate for Orchard Drive has finally been replaced. The old sign was damaged beyond repair, presumably after being hit by a car. Councillor Richard Ormerod said: “It has taken a while but I am pleased to see the sig back in place. Several residents contacted me […]

Residents will be aware of the problems we are still having with taxis and cars dropping off in Lower Claypath in the late evening. The Council (with the police) is introducing an Experimental Traffic Regulation Order permit scheme for the management of night time traffic in Claypath. From Friday 5 December a section of Claypath, […]

The potholes in the road between the top of Renny Street and the path from Claypath Medical Centre are finally to be filled in after complaints by Councillor David Freeman.  The Council originally said that the road was unadopted highway.  However there is an on street car parking space in the same bit of highway […]

Liberal Democrats on Durham County Council are delighted that the Council is to receive over £2 million extra to fix potholes. The Government has just announced extra funding for councils up and down the country to deal with the problem. Durham is set to get £2,197,563. The Government estimates that each pothole costs £53 to […]

We have reported the poor surface on the road throughout High Wood View to the County Council. The holes are getting bigger and starting to become a danger, especially to pedestrians and cyclists. The problem should be rectified soon but if it is not we will continue to press for the work to be done quickly. […]

The changes to the taxi ranks from Claypath have been agreed by the Highways Committee this week. This means that the present ranks now become the permanent ranks. There were a few questions from members about taxis which were having to stand on Elvet Bridge but Councillor David Freeman was able to persuade members that this was […]