Cars have been smashed up after drivers tried avoid a road closure by going across a cycle lane. A recent change in the road layout means part of the road had been closed so that an office block car park can only be accessed via one street.
Previously, the road ran through the middle of the cycle lane, but now bike riders will be separated from cars with the new pavement that's been installed. However, following the change, car parts have been left strewn across the raised sections after drivers have attempted to go straight over the cycle lane in Middlesborough, Teeside Live reports.
One photograph shows a car’s bumper discarded, while in another a vehicle has been dumped after it was smashed up while skidding over the section closed off to vehicles. The abandoned car, which had already lost its bumper, then had its tyres taken and windows smashed in.
Signs have now appeared at the site to make the new layout clear to drivers. The planning application documents state that the changes will improve the situation for pedestrians and allow for a connection between the cycle paths on either side of the road.
A Middlesbrough Council spokesperson said: “The Grange Road scheme has been installed in line with the design set out in the planning application. However, to assist during the early implementation stage temporary signage and barriers have been put in place to help make motorists aware of the changes.”
Six Centre Square will be home to 450 staff from global insurance firm AXA UK. The external works have finished and now there’ll be huge fit-out to make it ready for workers.
Commercial property agents Dodds Brown and APP Jackson & Partners from North Yorkshire have been commissioned to find tenants for a top-floor and ground-floor suite which are still available. The office space was built by developer Ashall Projects on behalf of the Tees Valley Combined Authority. Middlesbrough Council also contributed a £2m grant.
