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Apr 2024
18-month Harrogate road closure to end
A Harrogate road that has been closed to traffic for 18 months will reopen in less than two weeks.
Vehicles have been blocked from crossing the bridge where Kingsley Road meets Bogs Lane since November 2022.
By law, temporary road closures can only last for a maximum of 18 months, which means the route, off the busy A59 Knaresborough Road, will reopen on May 6.
North Yorkshire Council considered permanently closing the road — a move welcomed at the time by the local councillor who said it would end the "Kingsley rat run".
But this option is no longer being pursued.
Barrie Mason, the council’s assistant director for highways and transport, said:
The decision to reopen the road means it will once again be an alternative for emergency vehicles when the level crossing barriers are down at Starbeck on the A59.
A 12-month temporary prohibition of traffic order was issued from November 7, 2022, to enable developer Redrow to carry out work at its 133-home Kingsley Manor development.
North Yorkshire Council extended the order by six months in November last year to enable Barratt Homes, which built the nearby Kingsley Meadows development, to construct a footway along Bogs Lane to make the area safer for pedestrians.
Mr Mason said:
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