The Harrogate District Cycle Campaign Group
On Monday 15th January 2024, we met with North Yorkshire Council (NYC) officers to make our suggestions for the Local Transport Plan (LTP) which the council is drafting. Harrogate Cycle Action’s Document (Which NYC Did Not Read) Around a week
2023 was another year of failure by North Yorkshire Council (NYC) on cycling. The council failed to meet all its own deadlines, and made no meaningful progress on any of its main cycling projects. Here is an overview of what
Consultants WSP carried out traffic surveys, and analysed the results of a Commonplace consultation that was held in Autumn 2022. They reported in February 2023. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) published the WSP report 10 months later, in December 2023. Traffic
This is our Autumn 2023 Newsletter.
North Yorkshire Council is trying to push through a version of Harrogate Station Gateway stripped of its cycling elements and focused on private motor vehicles. Executive Member for Transport Keane Duncan told a local paper that reallocating space from motor
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
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
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
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
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.