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Mar 2022
The delayed £60 million reroute of the A59 at Kex Gill is now unlikely to start until next year, with work continuing until 2025.
North Yorkshire County Council previously said it hoped the reroute would start in autumn last year and take 15 months.
But the council is still negotiating on one remaining objection to compulsory purchase orders it issued for the scheme.
The A59 is the main route between Harrogate and Skipton. A diversion is planned west of Blubberhouses on the A59 at Kex Gill, which has been blighted by a history of landslides and a recent “instability issue” that cost the council £1.4 million to resolve.
Richard Binks, head of major projects and infrastructure at the council, said:
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