The Harrogate District Cycle Campaign Group
North Yorkshire made a bid for money from the Active Travel Fund 2021 (also known as Active Travel Fund 3, because it is the third tranche of money released). I reported on the bid in July this year. Their bid
Tesco are running a consultation on their proposal for a new supermarket on the old gasworks site at New Park, off Skipton Road. As well as the shop, they want to build a café and a petrol station. They are
HDCA Supporter Ben Mortimer has produced a vision of how Knaresborough Road could look, if North Yorkshire build the cycleway that they designed back in 2016. People crossing the road are given priority, and cycling is made safe for all
Work has started this week on the Otley Road Cycleway. The section between Harlow Moor Road and Cold Bath Road is being tackled, and construction should take 4 weeks. The contractors will also be widening Otley Road at the Harlow
Planning consultants Johnson Mowat have launched a consultation about a proposed development of Windmill Farm, near Beckwithshaw. Under their proposals, 780 new houses would be built. A plan of the site shows no cycle infrastructure whatever within the development. The
There has been a significant step forward in the project to extend the Nidderdale Greenway to Pateley Bridge and beyond to Wath. On 20th August 2021 North Yorkshire County Council agreed to participate in a steering group and to support
Some minor work was done at the end of August to the bridleway that runs past Oatlands Junior School. Gravel has been put down to cover exposed bricks at the northern end of the bridleway, near its junction with Hookstone
Read our Summer 2021 Newsletter.
Gear Change One Year On is one of the cycling and walking documents published by the DfT on 30th July 2021. Introduction The Introduction notes that there has been a very significant increase in traffic on England’s urban roads recently.
Kantar has carried out polling for the DfT, among residents of new Low Traffic Neighbourhoods. This is Phase 2 polling, and it follows Phase 1 polling in November 2020. There is majority support for active travel measures including LTNs. Respondents