Time to call time on the Transporter? Why waste 7M to reopen it to traffic? After 109 years its no longer fit for purpose.

indeedido said:
There are numerous coastal bridges around GB now - I drove across many of them on a recent trip round GB coast line.
It is striking how badly the Tees Valley area is connected.
The Tees viaduct is a monstrosity not fit for purpose and the infrastructure east of it is really poor. The A66 riding above Middlesbrough is another horrendous artery.

There should be a much better west Tees crossing to replace the viaduct and a new east Tees crossing to properly connect the Tees Valley. Make them both road rail bridges and allow the Tees Valley to be completely connected.
Anybody think there is much chance of any of it happening nationally funded...?
The Transporter is truly iconic and the best of its kind in the world. I find it annoying that people would just let that go in an area that has nothing else iconic.
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Aparently now that we have "taken our country back" - we can use all the money we contributed to the EU and solve all of our problems!
All you have to do is submit the plans for another North-South crossing and re-routing of the A66 away from Middlesbrough Town Centre.
Add to that, the building of a light rapid-transit system around Teesside - with a tram system including Nunthorpe, Guisbrough and North of the Tees!

There you go.

Im with you all the way;) (y)
 
rob_fmttm said:
Have you ever wondered why they built a Transporter and not a swing bridge over the Tees? Have a look at how much it would cost to swing across that gap etc. Remember very large modules still pass under the Transporter from sheds at Clarences.
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Absolutely Rob.
Someone suggested a swing bridge?
Others suggested keep the old man as a museum.
I say it essential to incorporate it into the overall plan to bring all of Teesside`s Transport infrastructure into the 21st Century.

We could have the Transporter up and running for what we paid Bristol City for Aiden Flint!:eek:
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Thinking about it - why dont Boro buy the Transporter? (y)
 
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r00fie1 said:
Absolutely Rob.
Someone suggested a swing bridge?
Others suggested keep the old man as a museum.
I say it essential to incorporate it into the overall plan to bring all of Teesside`s Transport infrastructure into the 21st Century.
We could have the Transporter up and running for what we paid Bristol City for Aiden Flint!:eek:
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And the Transporter would be better in the air and on the deck than Flint!
 
Not a fan of tolls generally but surely it would go somewhere to the cost, a pound is cheap. Could it not be s functional bridge and a tourist attraction?
 
Surely there is lottery funding for things like this. However when you think of the millions Middlesbrough council squander every year it's a bit of a joke imho.
 
I seem to recall there’s an oxygen pipe runs across it from the old BOC to North Tees, if that’s still in use it would cost a lot to re route that.
 
As someone who works on seal sands rip it down and put a proper road bridge in with a junction to the A66. Absolute waste of time it being there.
 
indeedido said:
There are numerous coastal bridges around GB now - I drove across many of them on a recent trip round GB coast line.
It is striking how badly the Tees Valley area is connected.
The Tees viaduct is a monstrosity not fit for purpose and the infrastructure east of it is really poor. The A66 riding above Middlesbrough is another horrendous artery.

There should be a much better west Tees crossing to replace the viaduct and a new east Tees crossing to properly connect the Tees Valley. Make them both road rail bridges and allow the Tees Valley to be completely connected.
Anybody think there is much chance of any of it happening nationally funded...?
The Transporter is truly iconic and the best of its kind in the world. I find it annoying that people would just let that go in an area that has nothing else iconic.
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I agree with all of that apart from the tees valley thing as I’ve never understood what it actually meant and what it actually is

A made up name

we are TEESSIDE
 
HolgateCorner said:
I think it should be kept in working order.

As time goes on it will become more and more valuable as a tourist attraction and will pay for itself.

I would liken it to Whitby. Whitby is like a living museum but when I was a kid we used to go on bank holidays, park in the cliff top car park go to the beach, have the fish and chips and wander about. It was no big deal then. But 50 years on and it is rammed even in winter because it is unique and unchanged in a world which has moved on.

We need to preserve these things and the Transporter is something which is that little bit different.
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Agreed. We always use it (when it's operating) on visits to the area, just for nostalgic reasons.
 
r00fie1 said:
Aparently now that we have "taken our country back" - we can use all the money we contributed to the EU and solve all of our problems!
All you have to do is submit the plans for another North-South crossing and re-routing of the A66 away from Middlesbrough Town Centre.
Add to that, the building of a light rapid-transit system around Teesside - with a tram system including Nunthorpe, Guisbrough and North of the Tees!

There you go.

Im with you all the way;) (y)
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But, but wasn't all that money we save going to go to the NHS ?
 
zorro_mfc said:
I agree with all of that apart from the tees valley thing as I’ve never understood what it actually meant and what it actually is

A made up name

we are TEESSIDE
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Tees Valley to me just means the same thing as Teesdale, which starts West of Darlo.
 
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