Tees Valley proposes £24m each for town-centre transport

Tees Valley proposes £24m for each council’s town-centre transport links

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Proposals backed by regional leaders include around £24 million for each of five Tees Valley councils to improve town-centre transport links. Government support is still needed.

By The Tees Editorial Desk · 17 October 2026

Archive photograph of Stockton-on-Tees High Street, one of five boroughs covered by proposed town-centre transport funding. Image: Jonathan Thacker / Geograph via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Archive view of Stockton High Street (2009); illustrative, not the proposed works.Image source CC BY-SA 2.0

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Regional leaders have backed proposals to provide around £24 million to each of Tees Valley’s five councils for transport links supporting town-centre .

Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees would each work with the to identify local priorities. The proposed allocations form part of a wider transport and programme valued at more than £1.3 billion.

The said on 7 October that its Cabinet had agreed an updated transport delivery plan should be submitted to the Government. Darlington Borough Council separately confirmed the same proposals.

Projects and next steps

Wider programme priorities include an additional platform at Middlesbrough railway station, improvements around Thornaby station, the Darlington Northern Link Road and upgrades to the A66 and A689 corridors. These are wider programme ambitions, not a confirmed list of projects funded by the town-centre allocations.

The authority has warned that major schemes may need additional Government backing. Individual projects, delivery dates and final funding decisions are not yet confirmed. The proposals should not be mistaken for completed or fully funded work.

: Tees Valley Combined Authority and Darlington Borough Council, both 7 October 2026.