Work on the 1,300-home Clotherholme scheme in Ripon is expected to begin next year and last until 2037, according to a newly published update. Land at Claro Barracks, Deverell Barracks and Laver...
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New details of Ripon’s 1,300-home Clotherholme scheme released
Work on the 1,300-home Clotherholme scheme in Ripon is expected to begin next year and last until 2037, according to a newly published update. Land at Claro Barracks, Deverell Barracks and Laver Banks will be bulldozed to make way for the homes, a primary school and a...
New bus service set for Harrogate’s Wedderburn Road
A new bus service is set to once again serve Wedderburn Road in Harrogate. The X4, operated by Connexions, will offer two return services a day from Monday to Friday. It will depart from Harrogate Bus Station to Wedderburn Road, via Wetherby Road, and will return to...
Harrogate district braced for further rail strikes
Passengers are set to experience rail disruptions next week and into the Early May Bank Holiday as unions carry out further strikes. Train union ASLEF has announced its members will carry out "action short of strike" between Monday April 29 and Saturday May 4 in a...
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...
Drivers warned to expect delays after serious collision closes A1(M)
Drivers should expect delays on the A1 this morning after a serious collision near Boroughbridge. North Yorkshire Police said the incident happened on the southbound carriageway at around 2.20am. The force said the southbound carriageway of the A1(M) is currently...
Government rejects North Yorkshire’s bid for traffic light funding
North Yorkshire Council's bid for £965,000 of government money to upgrade traffic lights has been rejected. Sixty-seven local authorities successfully applied to the Department for Transport’s traffic signal obsolescence grant. North Yorkshire was one of 23 whose bids...
Readers’ Letters: Of course the Lib Dems won the Harrogate by-election – the candidate wore a tie!
Readers’ Letters is a weekly column giving you the chance to have your say on issues affecting the Harrogate district. It is an opinion column and does not reflect the views of the Stray Ferret. Send your views to [email protected]. This letter followed...
Otley Road cycleway extension: a welcome boost for active travel or a costly folly?
When transport chief Cllr Keane Duncan announced last year phase two of the Otley Road cycleway had been scrapped, it appeared to signal the end of the project. It therefore came as a surprise this week when Harlow and Pannal Ash Residents’ Association's spring...
Harrogate bus station to close temporarily at nights after 7pm
Alternative bus stops have been announced as Harrogate bus station prepares to close temporarily. The Harrogate Bus Company, which is owned by Transdev, shared the news on social media last night. It said the bus station, on Station Parade, will close after 7pm, from...
Otley Road cycleway in Harrogate to be extended
The Otley Road cycleway in Harrogate is to be extended, a meeting heard last night (April 17). The cycleway was conceived as part of wider plans to form a safe off road cycling route from Harrogate town centre to Cardale Park. The first phase from Cold Bath Road to...
Mayoral candidate makes compensation pledge regarding A59 Kex Gill closure
Independent candidate Keith Tordoff has said he will aim to pay compensation to businesses affected by the A59 closure if he becomes mayor of York and North Yorkshire. The main route between Skipton and Harrogate has been shut since February due to a landslip. It’s...
Drivers face delays as four-week Pannal gasworks start
Drivers face delays in Pannal after four weeks of gasworks got underway. Northern Gas Networks is carrying out utility repairs and maintenance work on the A61 Leeds Road near to the traffic lights at the junction with Follifoot Road. Temporary traffic lights are in...
