Green landmark designs for doomed flyover

Suggestions for how the flyover and the space underneath it could be used by the Gateshead community include allotments, markets, play areas, repair shops, performance spaces, and sports facilities such as basketball courts and football pitches.

Farrell Centre director Owen Hopkins told the Local Democracy Reporting Service[1]: "The council has decided what it wants to do and that is their role, but what we wanted to do was to use this as an opportunity for a counterpoint.

"We are not necessarily trying to influence or change any decisions that have been made, it is about showing the possibilities for when other situations like this inevitably occur.

"There are a good amount of flyovers and ageing bits of concrete infrastructure... we feel that there are opportunities to creatively reimagine those."

References

1. ^ Local Democracy Reporting Service (www.bbc.co.uk)