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    17

    Jul 2023

    Last Updated: 17/07/2023
    Transport
    Transport

    £500,000 scheme in prospect to improve Ripon city centre roads

    by Tim Flanagan

    | 17 Jul, 2023
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    This photo in June last year showed the state of Ripon Market Place's roads.

    The long-awaited renewal of damaged and uneven roads that run alongside Ripon Market Square is finally in sight.

    A scheme costing an estimated £500,000 is being drawn up by North Yorkshire Council's highways department in readiness for public consultation this autumn, with the aim of being included in the capital programme for 2024-25.

    City councillors have been calling for many years for the sets of paving blocks on Market Place East and Market Place West to be removed and replaced with a tarmac surface.

    At last week's meeting of the full city council, leader and North Yorkshire councillor for the Minster and Moorside division Andrew Williams, said:

    "I'm pleased to report, following a visit to Ripon by North Yorkshire highways officials on June 16, they have confirmed that a scheme involving the lifting of sets and replacement with tarmac will be designed and then put out to consultation.
    "I understand that the work will cost about £500,000 and will be included in next year's capital programme.
    "If all goes to schedule, work could start after next year's Easter holiday."


    In recent years North Yorkshire Council has carried out temporary repairs by putting tarmac over the worst-affected sections, leaving the surface looking like a patchwork quilt.



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