River Tees Cycle Tunnel

14/07/2025

19/08/2024

New cycle tracks. WOW!

19/08/2024

Looking to target a workforce, we could energise some finances from investors in the Hartlepool to Teesworks pedestrian/cycle bridge and tunnel.

The new concept is to build 600 apartments on either side of the bridge section, with the tunnel under the deep river section accessed by lifts and stairs. The apartments are capped by a glass atrium containing cafes, restaurants, workspaces with Gigabit broadband, viewing platforms, and tourist shops.

The concept of the apartment came from the London Bridge, which was financed by commerce.

30/07/2024

Dear TVCA. The Transport Team.

Thank you for your potential road tunnel information.

Regarding the Tees Cycle and pedestrian tunnel/bridge. See graphic

The estimated 5280-foot (1600 meters) Pedestrian and cycle tunnel section costs £1.5 billion.

Groundworks are £250 million.

The 1250-meter bridge sections built on piers to either side of the tunnel are £53 million.

The total is £1.8 billion, plus road communication, car parking, a tourist centre, cycle storage/recharge hire centre etc.

Compare this to the cost of a dual road tunnel of £50 billion.

The Cycle tunnel could be built within five years; the road tunnel could take twelve years.

It is essential to gain quick communication from Hartlepool, our unemployment blackspot, into Teesworks. This communication link would also advance the land's value and commerce on the river's northside.

The Tees Pedestrian and cycle tunnel is achievable at an affordable cost and can be brought into service quickly.

20/05/2024

📣 ROUTE ANNOUNCEMENT! 📣

The route for the British National Road Championships 2024 has been unveiled, with riders set to take to the streets of Darlington and Redcar & Cleveland between 19-23 June 🚴

🏢 The circuit races will take place on Friday 21 June on a tight and technical 1.28km circuit around the streets of Darlington, with riders starting and finishing on West Row 🏢

🚵 The road races will conclude this year’s championships on Sunday 23 June, starting and finishing on Saltburn Bank.

Riders will battle it out through the streets of Redcar & Cleveland, heading through Guisborough, before flying through the villages of Kilton and Brotton and then back down to the coast of Saltburn 🚵

For more information and to explore the full route, see here ➡️ https://orlo.uk/71Ljn

20/05/2024

23/03/2024

We need one of these to connect Hartlepool to Teesworks. It is affordable at 10% of a road bridge, especially with another £4 billion in investments announced South of the River. Plus, Hartlepool is the UK's biggest unemployment blackspot. Ben Houchen - Tees Valley Mayor
https://fb.watch/q_LbmAJkfF/

07/01/2024

Sandsend, in North Yorkshire, is said to have its own 'microclimate'.

04/01/2024

Dear Ben
Open Letter
These are the views of Philip Chisholm.

It is wonderful to see the study being implemented for the Tees Tunnel. This will integrate the value of the south side of the Tees with that of the North, and the 60-90 minute car journey from Hartlepool Teessworks will be reduced.

Please could I ask you, as part of the commissioned one million pound study, to include the option of an electric cycle and pedestrian tunnel
from Hartlepool to the back of the old Redcar Blast Furnace site.

Such a build-in structure involves two concrete islands on either side of the Teess Shipping channel with suspension bridges from the land. The two Cycle tunnels would only be short, 150 meters each. The islands would include stairs and a lift. The stairs would have a cycle gutter for the wheels beside the way up/down to supplement lift outages.

This ‘Green' approach is energised by bus parking on either side of the tunnel entrance, with car parking and cycle routes ticking all the ecological boxes.

On top of the North Island will be a cafe and Seal Sands viewing platform for wildlife: seals, birds and marsh life.

This idea was founded upon the inspiration of opportunity by opening the Hartlepool unemployment workforce (the highest in the UK) to Teesworks at a very economically achievable cost.

Suppose you consider the infrastructure cost of roads to and from a Motorway tunnel instead of the cycle/pedestrian tunnel. Multi millions instead of a few million for cycle tracks. Communication is the key.

Furthermore, the tunnelling machine required to achieve the Tees Cycle tunnel has just about finished its job, creating the tunnel from Tees Port to York Potash.

This additional short tunnel job would provide work for the dismantlers who are about to "retire" the machine. If this option is not considered now, an environmentally damaging ESTUARY ROAD may well get the go-ahead ahead of an ecological one.

I am available to discuss this further at your convenience.

Thank you for your consideration.

Best regards,

Philip Chisholm
Ranger 9898

I’m a volunteer for the UK charity Sustrans. Their vision is a society where the way we travel creates healthier places and happier lives for everyone. They want to make it easier for people to walk and cycle. Find out more at www.sustrans.org.uk

06/01/2023

TUNNELS NOW OPEN (2pm Friday 6 January 2023) 📢

We are pleased to confirm the Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels have now reopened for all users.

The tunnels are now open for all 24 hours each day and the replacement bus service is being withdrawn.

Thank you for your patience while we have worked with engineers to resolve the issue. Once again we apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.

01/12/2022

Woolwich Foot Tunnel. So why does London get everything while Hartlepool is left out in the cold?

24/02/2022

https://www.facebook.com/tynepedestrianandcyclisttunnels/photos/a.10153054318862899/10159870626582899/

Reminder 🚶‍♂️🚲

The Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnels are open for tunnel users 24 hours a day, seven days a week.