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Nov 2023
Major elements of £11.2 million Harrogate Station Gateway scheme to be scrapped
Two major parts of Harrogate’s £11.2 million Station Gateway project look set to be scrapped.
Cllr Keane Duncan, executive councillor for highways at North Yorkshire Council, said reducing Station Parade to one lane and pedestrianising James Street would need be dropped from the scheme in order for it “to be successful”.
The move comes as council officials are currently drawing up alternative options for the project after the previous proposals were paused last month.
The original plans included reducing a 300-metre stretch of Station Parade to single lane to make space for cycle lanes and the part-pedestrianisation of James Street.
Cllr Keane Duncan.
However, Cllr Duncan, who is also the Conservative candidate for Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, said new proposals for the gateway project required major changes.
He said:
The council halted the scheme immediately after lawyers acting on behalf of local property firm Hornbeam Park Developments launched a judicial review.
As a result, the authority announced it would draw up alternative options which would focus on “a high quality pedestrian-focussed public realm scheme, with improved access into the bus station, and better traffic flow through co-ordinated signal timings”.
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Full proposals are expected to be put before senior North Yorkshire councillors at a later date.
Cllr Duncan added that the new scheme would still be able to deliver public realm improvements.
He said:
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