The Harrogate District Cycle Campaign Group
Five years after North Yorkshire Council (NYC) received £1,011,750 of Active Travel Fund 2 (ATF2) money, they have finally built something with it. There are small improvements on Victoria Avenue for pedestrians. TL;DR Negatives: Positives: ATF2 in North Yorkshire NYC
The Getaway group led by Steven Baines that launched a legal challenge to North Yorkshire Council’s Harrogate Station Gateway scheme has lost its case. The case was heard in April 2025 by Recorder Mark Ockelton at the High Court in
We sent out our Summer 2025 Newsletter on 5th August 2025. Read it here.
The York & North Yorkshire region is to benefit from £15.4 million of Local Transport Grant in the current financial year, April 2025 to the end of March 2026. It is given to Mayor David Skaith and the York &
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has rejected requests that they include cycle crossing facilities at the Sainsburys junction of the A661 Wetherby Road in Harrogate. The council intends to spend £237,000 revamping the junction, with new traffic lights to get more
Harrogate & Knaresborough MP Tom Gordon is standing up for cycling facilities at the Sainsburys junction of the A661 Wetherby Road. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has put forward a proposal to revamp the junction, adding fancy traffic lights that would
Councillor Keane Duncan has stepped aside from his role as Executive Member for Transport and Cycling Champion. He was asked to do so by Council Leader Carl Les, according to a report by the BBC. Councillor Les took the line
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) has put forward an Active Travel Fund 5 (ATF5) scheme which involves revamping the Sainsbury’s junction of the A661 Wetherby Road, Harrogate – but without making any provision for cycling. ATF5 ATF5 was announced on 12th
Update 7th June 2025: the police don’t know whether there was a collision or not, and the incident may not have been correctly reported in the local press. A cyclist was seriously injured in a collision on Beech Grove, Harrogate,
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) is holding an initial consultation as it works towards its new Local Plan. The Local Plan will set out how land in North Yorkshire should be used and developed. The consultation is open until 15th July