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Mar 2021
Harrogate Civic Society calls for Station Gateway to remain two lanes
Harrogate Civic Society said today that plans to reduce traffic to one lane on the town's Station Parade could be detrimental without a clear traffic plan for the rest of town.
The society, which campaigns to protect the town's character, issued its comments as part of the consultation into the proposed £7.9 million Station Gateway proposals.
Concerns over traffic, which the highways boss at North Yorkshire County Council seems to share, is one of the key aspects of the consultation, which closes on Wednesday.
The society's planning and development sub-group says it has a 'strong preference' for the two-lane option on the £7.9 million Station Gateway Project.
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- Highway boss’s ‘major concern’ over one-lane traffic option for Station Parade
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The society also called for a study on the impact of making West Park and Parliament Street two-way, something it said would mitigate for the problems created by changes on Station Parade.
Its response said:
The society also said the re-location of taxis away from Station Parade would be 'seriously detrimental'. Taxis, it says, ideally should be accommodated in the station forecourt. The response says:
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