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Mar 2021
Beech Grove traffic closure trial could be extended to 18 months
The six-month experimental closure of Beech Grove in Harrogate to through traffic could be extended to 18 months.
North Yorkshire County Council said when the experimental order came into force last month it would be a trial for six months.
But the council's highways boss confirmed today it has the power to extend the trial from six months to 18 months, meaning it would end in August 2022 rather than August 2021.
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Cllr Don Mackenzie, executive member for access at the county council, told the Stray Ferret:
When the order began, some motorists avoided the newly-installed planters by driving on the Stray.
The tyre tracks on the Stray prompted the council to erect a road sign to act as a road block and warning to drivers.
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