This is our Summer 2023 Newsletter.
Oatlands Update
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) held a consultation about active travel improvements in the Oatlands area in October and November 2022. Eight months on, the council still has not published the results. NYC say they intend to disclose the results in
Otley Road & Beech Grove Update Summer 2023
North Yorkshire Council’s time-wasting on Otley Road and Beech Grove continues. They are currently refusing to set out any specific plans for either project, but claim that they will present their ideas to a Committee of Harrogate & Knaresborough Councillors
ZCH Let’s Talk Transport Response
Zero Carbon Harrogate (ZCH) put in a particularly good and comprehensive response to the North Yorkshire Council’s recent Let’s Talk Transport survey. This is their submission. Introduction In the Introduction, ZCH call for sustainability and carbon reduction to be at
Cycling to School in Ripon 3 Years on
By Bethan Dailey Approximately 3 years on from starting to cycle to school with my children, and this is as close as we’ve got to a segregated cycleway on Dishforth Road between Ripon and Sharow. In case anyone is wondering,
Harrogate Station Gateway Update
North Yorkshire Council appears to be committed to going ahead with Harrogate Station Gateway, and work is likely to start early in 2024. Nevertheless, opponents of the scheme are still trying to knock it off course. It’s disappointing that whenever
Cycle Parking on Cold Bath Road
North Yorkshire Council has put in new Sheffield stands on Cold Bath Road. There are now two stands where previously there was only one. The Sheffield stand that was there before was widthways across the footway. Our request was that
Let’s Talk Transport in North Yorkshire
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) is running a Let’s Talk consultation on residents’ travel habits in advance of the publication of its draft Local Transport Plan (LTP). Have Your Say NYC’s Have Your Say page explains that NYC’s LTP will be
H&K ACC Meeting 8th June 2023
The Harrogate & Knaresborough Area Constituency Committee meeting of Councillors on 8th June 2023 was of interest from an active travel point of view. Western Arc Coordination Group On behalf of the Western Arc Coordination Group, Rene Dziabas expressed dissatisifaction
Harrogate Station Gateway Given Green Light by North Yorkshire Executive
At a meeting of North Yorkshire Council (NYC) Executive on 30th May 2023, the Harrogate Station Gateway project was given the green light. The Executive voted unanimously in favour. A Full Business Case can now be submitted, to enable the