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Jan 2021
A final decision on whether to proceed with plans to re-route the A59 at Kex Gill has been delayed.
Despite receiving extensive support from the public and North Yorkshire county councillors, the plans could now be called in by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Today's meeting of North Yorkshire County Council's planning and regulatory functions committee unanimously supported the plans in order to prevent the continued disruption caused by landslips along the current route of the A59.
Committee chairman Peter Sowray said:
However, councillors were unable to give the final sign-off to the proposal because minerals company Sibelco has asked the Secretary of State to call it in.
The committee heard from Lewis Williams, representing Sibelco, which argued the valuable minerals in the area should be given more consideration.
Although the Blubberhouses quarry closed some years ago, he said there remained significant mineral deposits which were valuable to industry but had been overlooked in a plan that was "ham-fisted, rushed and ill conceived".
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