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Jan 2023
Landslip-hit Pateley Bridge road finally set to reopen on Friday
A Pateley Bridge road affected by a landslip three years ago is finally set to reopen on Friday.
Temporary traffic lights were installed on the B6265 at Red Brae Bank, Bewerley after storms caused a landslip in February 2020.
The route then closed to traffic in October last year when North Yorkshire County Council began a £480,000 scheme to stabilise the road, which is on the steep slope out of Pateley to Greenhow Hill.
The road was initially due to reopen on December 16 but the date was then pushed back to January 18.
Numerous local residents, including former Pateley town councillor Chris Hawkesworth, have contacted the Stray Ferret expressing frustration over the length of the works and lack of information about when it will reopen. Many face lengthy detours to get in and out of Pateley Bridge.
This week Ken Easton, who lives in Wilsill but drives to work in Grassington, said the detour was costing him an extra £150 a week in fuel.
Mr Easton also said his vehicle suffered a burst tyre and cracked wheel this week when he hit a pothole on the Two Stoops route to Grassington.
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Andrew Murday, the Liberal Democrat county councillor for Pateley Bridge and Nidderdale, told the Stray Ferret earlier this month he could understand people's frustration but the project was “geologically difficult” and progress was subject to weather conditions.
North Yorkshire County Council’s highways area manager, Melisa Burnham, previously said:
A North Yorkshire County Council spokeswoman said yesterday:
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