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Mar 2023
Funding for Harrogate and Knaresborough cycling projects 'not guaranteed'
A senior county council officer has said the authority is not guaranteed to receive any funding to improve cycling and walking in Harrogate.
Officials at North Yorkshire County Council have bid for £3 million to fund three schemes across the county.
Their priority scheme is Victoria Avenue in Harrogate, which would see parking spaces removed to create segregated cycleways.
But they also have plans to create cycle lanes on the A59 Forest Lane in Knaresborough from Maple Close to Knaresborough High Bridge.
The government told the council it had an “indicative allocation” of up to £1.08 million, which it could put projects forward for in order to be assessed. It then encouraged the authority to apply for more funding, which led the council to bid for an additional £2.16 million.
A decision on the funding is expected by the Department for Transport tomorrow.
However, at a meeting of the council's Harrogate and Knaresborough area constituency committee this morning, Cllr Michael Harrison, a Conservative who represents Killinghall, Hampsthwaite and Saltergate, asked senior officers whether the indicative allocation was guaranteed.
Melissa Burnham, highways area manager for the council, said:
Cllr Harrison said that councillors should measure their expectations ahead of the decision on funding.
He said:
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