The cycle track between London Bridge and the Bishopthorpe FC pavillion is currently flooded. The situation has has been exacerbated by a burst water main on Tadcaster Road. An alternative route via Sim Balk Lane is available Yorkshire Water hope to fix the leak today. It may be some time before the cycle path is […]

fios interviewed me as part of their “Your Vote. Your Voice” series, focussing on five key topics: renewable energy, peats and peatland, transport, affordable housing, and international politics. Their article is a very good presentation of what I said. Read it here.

City of York Council has announced its programme of road and footpath repair and renewal work for the 2024/25 financial year. Disappointingly, Dringhouses & Woodthorpe ward will see £0 invested this year by the council to make local roads and footpaths safer. Badly potholed roads such as Middlethorpe Drive, Lycett Road, Hob Moor Terrace, Alness […]

Roadworks planned for Ely next week. The closures/interruptions may not occur for the whole of the period listed. Full details on https://one.network Promoter Organisation  Street Name  Traffic Management Type  Proposed Start Date  Activity Type  Permit Number BT  MALLOW CLOSE Give and take  01/05/2024 Permanent reinstatement  BC411NL001WFHJJK4T VIRGIN MEDIA  WILFORD DRIVE Some carriageway incursion  10/05/2024 Utility […]

Origins of the Scheme: The request for a 20mph scheme stemmed from a unanimous request from the cross-party City of Ely Council. It was minuted at 8 different meetings in 2021/22.  A time-limited funding opportunity became available in 2023. Rationale for 20 mph: The primary motivation for implementing a 20mph scheme lies in enhancing pedestrian […]

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The Elsick (Burnside) Bridge between Newtonhill and Cammachmore has been demolished as it was unsafe and liable to collapse into the burn. There was no possibility of repair – it was discovered that no proper foundations existed. As of 7th February 2024, Burnside has been moved from position 28 to position 21 on the list. […]

Improvements to local bus shelters have got underway, with digital displays and audio installed at the bus shelters on Moorcroft Road (near the shops) and Eason View (near the junction with Chaloners Road). The work has been made possible thanks to the £17.4m Bus Service Improvement Plan funding that was secured by the previous Lib […]

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 […]