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Consultation on Sainsbury’s Junction of Wetherby Road

Sainsbury's junction plans

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) is holding a consultation on its plans for the Sainsbury’s junction of Wetherby Road. It runs from 29th October to 19th November 2026. The scheme includes new MOVA traffic lights to increase vehicle throughput, and light-controlled

David 30 October 20262 November 2026 active travel, Active Travel Fund, ATF5, Harrogate, wetherby-road No Comments Read more

Harrogate Station Gateway Works to Start in 2027

Visual of diluted Harrogate Station Gateway scheme

Work on Harrogate Station Gateway is to start in ‘the New Year’ 2027. NY Highways (in-house North Yorkshire Council contractors) have been appointed for the £13.4 million scheme. The project, funded by the 2019 Transforming Cities Fund, has suffered from

David 28 October 202628 October 2026 active travel, Harrogate, harrogate-station-gateway No Comments Read more

Otley Road and Pannal Ash Road Scheme

Otley Road and Pannal Ash Road cycle schemes

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) held a drop-in session on 31st July 2026 to show local residents their plans for cycle facilities on Otley Road and Pannal Ash Road. This was our initial response to the schemes. We support the principle

David 17 August 202617 August 2026 active travel, Cycling, Harrogate, North Yorkshire Council, otley-road No Comments Read more

HTIP2

Map of HTIP2 proposals

We have extracted the second Harrogate Transport Improvement Programme Report, HTIP2, from North Yorkshire Council (NYC). It was finalised in January 2025. It needed a Freedom of Information request and a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office in order to

David 24 July 202624 July 2026 active travel, Cycling, Harrogate, HTIP No Comments Read more

Tom Gordon MP’s Pavement Parking Survey

Pavement parking

Harrogate & Knaresborough MP Tom Gordon is running a pavement parking consultation. The Lib Dems’ Focus Newsletter says that pavement parking makes streets less accessible for people who use wheelchairs, who are blind, or who are parents with a buggy.

David 14 April 2026 active travel, Harrogate, Pavement parking, Tom Gordon MP No Comments Read more

NYC Active Travel Updates March 2026

Cycle signage in Harrogate

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has published an Active Travel Updates report in advance of the Harrogate & Knaresborough Area Committee council meeting on 26th March 2026. These are the main points that emerge. Crossing of Bilton Lane The proposed crossing

David 24 March 202624 March 2026 20mph, active travel, Harrogate, North Yorkshire Council, NPIF No Comments Read more

Parallel Crossing of Oatlands Drive Completed

Parallel crossing of Oatlands Drive

A new parallel crossing of Oatlands Drive was completed last week, giving priority to people walking and cycling on Slingsby Walk. Crossings of Wetherby Road and Oatlands Drive were to be built by 31st March 2024, but were repeatedly delayed.

David 1 March 20261 March 2026 active travel, Cycling, Harrogate, Oatlands No Comments Read more

Presentation to Harrogate Town Council

Cycling to school, by Kamyar Adl, CC BY 2.0

This is an outline for our presentation to Harrogate Town Council (HTC). This post is structured as follows: 1) About Harrogate Cycle Action When and why we were set up, and what we do. Our efforts to work with the

David 20 February 20264 March 2026 active travel, Cycling, Harrogate, Harrogate Town Council No Comments Read more

Cycling Suggestions for Harrogate Town Council

Harrogate Cycle Infrastructure Plan Zones

Here are suggestions for the new Harrogate Town Council (HTC) as to how it can help improve Harrogate’s cycle network. The town council’s influence is limited by the fact that North Yorkshire Council (NYC) is the highways authority; part of

David 2 January 20264 January 2026 active travel, Cycling, Harrogate, Harrogate Town Council 2 Comments Read more

North Yorkshire’s Consolidated Active Travel Fund Schemes

Mud and gravel section of Oatlands bridleway, 2025

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has set out its Consolidated Active Travel Fund (CATF) bid to Active Travel England in a report to a council Executive meeting on 28th November 2025. The report says (para 3.2) that NYC’s allocation is £1,256,601,

David 26 November 202526 November 2025 Active Travel Fund, active-travel-england, Harrogate, North Yorkshire Council, Oatlands No Comments Read more
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