Testos Roundabout Works

[jackynutmeg]

First it was the tyne tunnel, then it was the A1 works which snarled up the A19, then it was the Silverlink, next it's going to be Testo's...

What i would give for a roadwork free commute

Tyne Tunnel,
Lindisfarne roondaboot,
Tyne Dock roondaboot,
Silverlink,
Testso's

 

[hefty em]

Anyone know the crack with these roadworks from Wardley to Boldon on the A184?

Hoping they're short term as massive queues last night...

@superniall

Used to be the smb traffic girl iirc.

Or mebbes @super-niall ,if folk would stop changing their f***ing picshas, I'd nar for definite.

 

[Fletch]

has the work at testos started yet then ?

 

[Pseudonym Number 1]

has the work at testos started yet then ?

Yeah down to one lane heading back from Newcastle after white mare pool.

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Yeah down to one lane heading back from Newcastle after white mare pool.

Can't find anywhere that says how long that one lane thing lasts for tho...

 

[Nookie Bear]

Can't find anywhere that says how long that one lane thing lasts for tho...

Probably a year or so , took me by surprise on my journey home from felling

 

[NorthCountryBoy]

Probably a year or so , took me by surprise on my journey home from felling

f***ing hell, I was hoping for a week or something

 

[vote quimby]

f***ing hell, I was hoping for a week or something

 

[anth]

Yeah down to one lane heading back from Newcastle after white mare pool.

i came back that way yesterday, seemed very extreme to go back that far, i can only guess they are doing a contra-flow for it for some reason

 

[Fletch]

Piece of piss on metro today lads

 

[Randy Ostrich]

All canny at 07:45 but loads of cones up there tonight...

Suspect the cones are in the process of f***ing off in this wind

 

[anth]

Piece of piss on metro today lads

sounds like it...

Tyne and Wear Metro‏Verified account @My_Metro 2h hours ago
We currently have delays to the service system wide due to a track circuit fault at Jesmond. Please allow extra time ofr your journey where possible. Metro apologise for the disruption to your journey.

Tyne and Wear Metro‏Verified account @My_Metro 5h5 hours ago
We currently have delays between Airport and South Gosforth due to a police incident at Regent Centre. Please allow extra time for your journey where possible. Metro apologise for the disruption to your journey.

 

[abbs]

Horrendous looking accident through the night on the a19 , southbound next to 1231 ,

 

[Fletch]

sounds like it...

Nee idea , was fine at peak times

Horrendous looking accident through the night on the a19 , southbound next to 1231 ,

Never nice to hear , hope no fatalities

 

[Nookie Bear]

Queue leading down from boldon was horrendous earlier , need to find alternative route for tomorrow - time is money when contracting !

 

[Sleepy]

Can't find anywhere that says how long that one lane thing lasts for tho...

I overheard some lad suggesting a couple of years! Hopefully not true, but the way roadworks go here, probably true...with an added year for delays.

 

[smasha]

I overheard some lad suggesting a couple of years! Hopefully not true, but the way roadworks go here, probably true...with an added year for delays.

March 2021
A Highways England road project | A19 Testos junction improvement

 

[ned_werby]

do testo's to tyne tunnel and back every day. never a problem

 

[sidneyeric]

Nee idea , was fine at peak times


Never nice to hear , hope no fatalities

There was.

 

[abbs]

There was.

I’m not surprised,
Didn’t want to say at the time, till it was confirmed cos you never no ,

Sad to hear