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Author: David

Meeting with the Council Leader

County Hall, Northallerton

Today we – a delegation of three from Harrogate Cycle Action – met with North Yorkshire Council Leader Carl Les and Corporate Director Karl Battersby. We raised our concerns about the lack of progress on the council’s main cycle projects

David 31 October 202331 October 2023 Harrogate, north-yorkshire-council No Comments Read more

North Yorkshire Prioritising Motor Vehicles at West Harrogate Urban Expansion

West Harrogate development sites

North Yorkshire Council is prioritising motor vehicles at the West Harrogate Urban Expansion. Around 2,000 houses are to be built at sites along Otley Road (between Harlow Carr and Beckwithshaw), and between Whinney Lane and Beckwith Head Road. National Requirement

David 14 October 202331 October 2023 Harrogate, Housing Development, West Harrogate Urban Expansion No Comments Read more

Car Free Fridays & Walk to School

Cycling to school, by Alaska DOT&PF, CC BY 2.0

Zero Carbon Harrogate is launching a Green Travel Campaign that includes Car Free Fridays and Walk to School. The aim of the campaign is to persuade people to take cleaner, greener transport once a week. This includes: This will help

David 5 October 20235 October 2023 car free fridays, zero-carbon-harrogate No Comments Read more

North Yorkshire Considers Homeopathic Version of Harrogate Station Gateway

Harrogate Station Gateway

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) Executive considered Harrogate Station Gateway very briefly at their meeting yesterday, 19th September 2023. We made a statement – or rather we should have done. NYC accepted it and promised to read it out: ‘Thank you

David 20 September 202321 September 2023 Harrogate, harrogate-station-gateway, station-gateway No Comments Read more

Harrogate Station Gateway – From Sustainable Transport to High-Traffic Scheme?

Station Parade

Harrogate Station Gateway appears to be changing from a sustainable transport project to a high-traffic scheme. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) have suggested that the £11 million funding should be spent on increasing motor vehicle traffic in the heart of Harrogate.

David 12 September 202313 September 2023 Cycling, Harrogate, harrogate-station-gateway, north-yorkshire-council, station-gateway No Comments Read more

West Harrogate Sustainable Transport Package – Analysis and Comment

Cycle track rejoins footway after Harlow Oval (photo taken 14th January 2022)

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) have announced what they intend to do with the money they have left from their 2017 National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) bid. TL;DR NPIF – Background to Funding The original NPIF award to North Yorkshire was

David 8 September 202316 September 2023 20mph, Cycling, NPIF, otley-road No Comments Read more

NYC Should Proceed with Harrogate Station Gateway or Lose the Funding

Harrogate Station Gateway

The commitment of North Yorkshire Council (NYC) to its flagship public realm and active travel project, Harrogate Station Gateway, is in question. Local authority officers have worked on Station Gateway for 3 years. It has been through the democratic process,

David 31 August 202331 August 2023 active-travel-england, harrogate-station-gateway, north-yorkshire-council No Comments Read more

Andrew Jones MP U-Turns on Support for Harrogate Station Gateway

A Jones MP, by Chris McAndrew, CC BY 3.0

Andrew Jones MP has performed an astonishing u-turn on his support for Harrogate Station Gateway. In June, he was fully behind the project. In August, he no longer supports it at all. MP’s Support for Harrogate Station Gateway in June

David 26 August 202326 August 2023 Andrew Jones MP, harrogate-station-gateway, station-gateway No Comments Read more

HDCA Summer 2023 Newsletter

This is our Summer 2023 Newsletter.

David 31 July 202331 July 2023 Newsletters No Comments Read more

Oatlands Update

Oatlands area

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

David 28 July 202330 July 2023 Harrogate, Oatlands No Comments Read more
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