First North Yorkshire Council eliminated apostrophes from road signs; now it has started abbreviating them. Local cyclist Kim Pearson contacted the Stray Ferret after noticing a sign on Harlow...
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Now council changes ‘Avenue’ to ‘Ave’ on Harrogate road sign
First North Yorkshire Council eliminated apostrophes from road signs; now it has started abbreviating them. Local cyclist Kim Pearson contacted the Stray Ferret after noticing a sign on Harlow Avenue had been replaced by one sating Harlow Ave. To make matters worse,...
Harrogate Bus Company apologises for Jennyfields and Bilton cancellations
The Harrogate Bus Company has apologised after a number of bus journeys in the Harrogate area were cancelled this morning. Passengers in the Jennyfields and Bilton areas faced delays and cancellations, especially around the morning rush hour. The number 2, Harrogate...
Controversial traffic proposal for Harrogate road scrapped
Plans to introduce a left-turn only rule at a junction in Harrogate have been scrapped. North Yorkshire Council proposed bringing in a traffic order to prevent vehicles from turning right at the junction of Belford Road and Victoria Avenue, opposite the library. But...
Halfpenny Lane closure extended in Knaresborough
Roadworks on a busy Knaresborough road have again been extended. Northern Gas Networks is carrying out exploratory work to divert underground infrastructure at the railway bridge on Halfpenny Lane. Work started on March 25 and was due to end in April but was extended...
Harrogate Station Gateway: consultants’ fees rise to £2.1 million
Consultants' fees for the £12.1 million Harrogate Station Gateway scheme have risen to £2.1 million, the Stray Ferret can reveal. We have also discovered Conservative transport chief Cllr Keane Duncan wanted to share the latest gateway plans with the Stray Ferret to...
Readers’ Letters: Harrogate’s cycleway extension is an ‘extraordinary waste of public funds’
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 follows...
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...
