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Jan 2021
A major plan to build a three-mile reroute of the A59 at Kex Gill near Harrogate is in line for approval next week.
The £60 million project is due to go before North Yorkshire County Council’s planning committee and council officers have recommended that the application is approved.
The project would take a year to complete and see the creation of a diversion west of Blubberhouses at Kex Gill.
It comes as the site has a long history of landslips, which have blighted travel on the road for years.
County council bosses have bid for funding from the Department for Transport and brought in consultants WSP to draw up blueprints for the diversion.
The government has indicated it will offer up to £56 million towards the project, with the county council covering the remaining £4.95 million.
In its planning statement, the authority said intervention was required to protect road users.
It said:
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