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Sept 2023
Harrogate road dug up — just days after it was resurfaced
A road in Harrogate had to be dug up last week to fix a gas leak – which was caused by council resurfacing work just days earlier.
North Yorkshire Council had just completed work near the Stray, giving the top end of North Park Road a pristine new surface at a cost it estimated at £144,350.
But the tarmac was barely set when gas was smelt and remedial work ordered.
Northern Gas Networks, the company responsible for piping gas across most of the north of England, was called in and the leak was fixed the next day, with repairs reducing traffic to a single lane for the day.
But NGN claimed the leak had been caused by the council’s machinery.
The pristine new surface of North Park Road already has a repair patch.
Dominic Nevison, site manager for NGN, told the Stray Ferret:
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