Deal signed for Sunderland's Roker Pier gates

Image caption, The gates will be made of steel and glass

A contract to install a new glass and steel entrance to Sunderland's Roker Pier has been finalised.

The 拢75,000 project, funded by Sunderland City Council, is expected to get under way later this year.

The gates, made from a series of polished stainless steel posts and toughened glass panels, were hailed as "classy and contemporary".

Washington-based Architectural Metalworkers has been awarded the contract to manufacture the gates.

The pier and lighthouse are a Grade II listed structure. The pier took 18 years to build and opened in 1903.

Sunderland was awarded 拢1m from the Commission for the Built Environment (CABE) to revamp the area and was boosted by 拢500,000 of extra funding from the city council.