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Jan 2022
North Yorkshire’s highways chief has said he is hopeful that a £60 million project to realign Kex Gill will go ahead without a public inquiry.
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.
Following the publication of compulsory purchase orders, the council was faced with two objections which, if unresolved, could have led to a public inquiry.
However, Cllr Don Mackenzie, executive member for access at the county council, told the Stray Ferret the authority had now resolved one of the complaints.
He said:
Cllr Mackenzie previously told the Stray Ferret that he did not see the objections as a “severe risk” to the project.
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