Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

TRANSPORT AND WORKS ACT 1992

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions gives notice pursuant to section 14(1)(b), (3A) and (3AA) of the Transport and Works Act 1992 (“the Act”) that he has determined under section 13(1) of the Act to make with modifications the Gateshead (Baltic Millennium Bridge) Order 1999 (“the Order”). The Order will come into force 21 days after it has been made. The Order was applied for by Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council of Civic Centre, Regent Street, Gateshead NE8 1HH. The Order will authorise the construction, maintenance and operation of a pedestrian and cycle route bridge across the River Tyne from Newcastle Quays to Gateshead Quays with ship protection works. Before making this determination, the Secretary of State considered the environmental statement submitted with the application for the Order and complied with the obligations under section 10 of the Act in relation to all objections which related to the environmental statement. The Secretary of State is satisfied that the scheme as a whole would not have any major adverse environmental effect. Copies of the Order (once made) may be obtained from the Stationery Office Limited at the address shown on the last page of this Gazette or through booksellers. A. S. D. Whybrow, Head of Charging and Local Transport Division, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DR.