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Nov 2024
More temporary traffic lights announced for Kex Gill
Temporary traffic lights will be in place on the A59 at Kex Gill over winter, North Yorkshire Council has announced.
The A59 is the main highway connecting Harrogate and Skipton. Four kilometres of the road are being realigned from Blubberhouses to Moor Lane as part of a £68.8 million scheme.
The Department for Transport’s major road network fund is contributing £56.8 million and local taxpayers are paying the remaining £12 million.
The project aims to resolve frequent road closures caused by landslips in the Kex Gill area.
The latest landslip, which closed the road between February and June this year, cost £2.8 million to fix, as revealed by the Stray Ferret on Friday (November 22).
Four-way traffic lights are currently in place to facilitate work being carried out by Yorkshire Water at Blubberhouses.
Councillor Keane Duncan, the council’s executive member for highways and transport, said motorists could expect more temporary lights this winter, followed by a temporary rad closure when the project nears completion.
There will be temporary traffic lights in the coming months and details of these will be on our roadworks map.
It is only when we connect the new road to the existing carriageway that a temporary road closure will be required, which will be done as quickly and safely as possible.
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'Closely monitoring the budget'
Cllr Duncan said the realignment was “progressing well and is forecast to be completed by spring 2026”.
He added:
This complex and essential project is the council’s largest ever highways scheme and its scale cannot be underestimated. We are therefore closely monitoring the budget and managing pressures relating to the difficult terrain and the scheme’s design.
The existing A59 remains open to traffic until completion of the works so disruption should be kept to a minimum.
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