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Council plans to demolish North Tyneside’s iconic Borough Road footbridge have been scuppered after a government inspector sided with opposing residents and campaigners.

North Tyneside Council claimed during a public inquiry that the bridge, which connects Waldo Street to Tennyson Terrace, would be too expensive to repair and was used too infrequently to justify the potential costs.

Council officers claimed repair works could cost as much as £360,000, as opposed to a £60,000 demolition.

Iconic Borough Road footbridge in North Shields saved from demolition after public inquiry