City of York Council has published an ‘Officer Decision‘ setting out the details of the £600k overspend that will mean that some of the measures to support walking, cycling and bus use along the Tadcaster Road corridor have been dropped. The report states…. “The ground conditions issues arose from an early stage in the project […]

As reported in the recent Dringhouses & Woodthorpe Focus newsletter, the scheme to deliver improved drainage and ‘active travel’ measures along the Tadcaster Road corridor will not be completed before Christmas. Initially the end date was advertised as September 2023. Tree roots and unmapped gas pipes have led to more hand digging than had been […]

City of York Council has published its highways maintenance programme for 2023/24, available HERE. Decisions about which roads and footpaths are resurfaced are made by council officers, not by councillors. In Dringhouses & Woodthorpe ward, £211,000 has been allocated for much-needed resurfacing of Moor Lane between the junctions with Cairnborrow and Eden Close. It is […]

In response to a request from local councillors, officers managing the Tadcaster Road highway / drainage / active travel scheme have made more information available on the location and duration of temporary traffic lights. The implementation of temporary traffic lights at the junction of Tadcaster Road and Knavesmire Road has understandably led to delays, and […]

City of York Council will be carrying out road maintenance works at Don Avenue on Wednesday11th January for one day, weather permitting. In order to carry out the work safely, the use of stop/go boards will be necessary working on one half of the road at a time, before switching over. All on-street parking will […]

The pedestrian and cycle tunnel under the railway line at Hob Moor is to close temporarily for improvement works to be undertaken by Network Rail in the form of lighting. Signage has appeared at the entrances to the underpass stating that it will be closed from Monday 15 August to Friday 2 September inclusive.

Further details of measures designed to support cycling, walking and bus use along the Tadcaster Road corridor have been published, with feedback invited by 27th June. After a previous round of engagement in August and September 2021, council officers committed to engage further, in particular with residents in the Slingsby Grove area, on the finer […]

Many of you will be aware of the accident that took place yesterday at the junction of Bushey Road and the High Street. Ruth has been in contact with the police who have said that thankfully no-one was injured. Southern Gas Network have confirmed that the gas leak was very low level with no risk […]