Past petitions

To ask the council to use regeneration to improve safety near Gateshead Stadium Metro Station | Closing date: 22 March 2026

To ask the council to make Lead Road and Spen Lane in Greenside safer with a 20 mph scheme, crossings and enforcement | Closing date: 7 May 2026

To ask the council for formal traffic safety measures outside Brighton Avenues Primary School for pick-up and drop-off times | Closing date: 29 April 2026

To ask the council to lower the age for free bus passes for older people in Gateshead | Closing date: 28 October 2025

To ask for support in objecting to the proposed 38 acre natural burial ground with access off the A695 | Closing date: 27 October 2025

To ask that the council prioritise and implement road safety improvements on Spen Lane in Greenside, to include a reduction in the speed limit and throughput of traffic, by installing physical traffic calming measures and improving signage. | Closing date: 26 June 2025

To ask that the council prioritise and implement road safety improvements on Lead Road, Greenside between Woodside Lane and Folly Lane including reducing the speed limit, installing physical traffic calming measures and improving signage. | Closing date: 30 April 2025

That the Council investigates how to turn up street lighting levels in Deckham and Gateshead and subsequently acts on that information to increase the street lighting levels. | Closing Date: 1 February 2025

To ask that the stretch of the A694 in Rowlands Gill is reduced from 40mph down to 30mph in line with the rest of the village | Closing Date: 29 July 2024