And so this sorry saga over the Tyne Bridge restoration funding continues. DfT claims it could not start fully assessing the project until last month. That has NOT gone down well with local leaders. Remember, this money was pledged in June 2022. Tweet added by Daniel Holland @danhollandnews

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And so this sorry saga over the Tyne Bridge restoration funding continues. DfT claims it could not start fully assessing the project until last month. That has NOT gone down well with local leaders. Remember, this money was pledged in June 2022.

Tyne Bridge funding feud deepens as Government response stokes tensions

Tempers continue to rise over the Department for Transport’s failure so far to hand over more than £40m it has pledged towards the long-awaited refurbishment of the rusted bridge

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Gateshead's @IanMearnsMP and other North East MPs write to Rishi Sunak over the long wait for the Tyne Bridge's restoration funding

Tyne Bridge restoration: MPs write to Rishi Sunak over 'urgent' funding need

11 MPs have written to the Prime Minister, calling on him to ensure that more than £40m of promised cash for the Tyne Bridge refurbishment is handed over “at the earliest opportunity”

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