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02
Jul 2021
Calls for 'dangerous' Starbeck junction to be improved
A Starbeck councillor has called for a notorious junction to be made safer following a car crash on Wednesday.
The collision occurred when a car pulled out of The Avenue onto Starbeck High Street at around midday. Two men were taken to hospital but their injuries are not thought to be serious.
A police officer at the scene told the Stray Ferret collisions are common at the junction due to visibility issues. Cars often park in the lay-by next to the junction and a tree also obscures the view for motorists pulling out.
Liberal Democrat councillor Philip Broadbank, who has represented the area for over 40 years, called on North Yorkshire County Council's highways department to take a look at the junction to make it safer.
He said residents in more than 350 homes frequently used The Avenue to get onto the high street.
Cllr Broadbank told the Stray Ferret:
He said there have previously been calls to add traffic lights "but there are enough traffic lights down there".
He added:
Read more:
- Two men taken to hospital after Starbeck car crash
- Knaresborough and Starbeck pools: still no reopening dates
Several Stray Ferret readers responded to Wednesday's story to say the junction was unsafe.
One said:
Another said:
Don Mackenzie, executive member for access at North Yorkshire County Council, which is the highways authority, said:
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