North East Transport Plan
The North East Transport Plan is our current core strategy for transport and sets out our region’s transport aspirations up to 2035. It includes a programme of around 240 schemes which equal at least £6.8 billion of transport investment – a figure which will grow over the lifespan of the plan.
The plan and its programme of activity will help to make a big difference to the lives of people in the North East – our health, our environment and our economy.
For years, our region has seen dramatically lower levels of transport investment than other areas of the country. Our plan will address this imbalance and boost spending on schemes which will be ‘game-changing’ for the North East and how we travel each day.
Projects in the plan include major improvements to regional walking, wheeling and cycle routes, new train stations, extensions to Metro, increased bus operations and a variety of major road and rail investments.
We are currently refreshing the plan up to 2040 and we are aiming to consult on this new plan in autumn 2024, so keep an eye out for more information coming soon
