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27
Mar
Council seeks contractors to begin work on Hammerton Greenway
A contractor is being sought to to create a 1.7km traffic-free cycleway from Green Hammerton to Thorpe Underwood.
The Hammerton Greenway, which will cost an estimated £84,600, will encourage cycling in villages close to main roads.
Green Hammerton Parish Council began work on the scheme after the 2014 Tour de France passed through the area and a planning application to change the use of land to facilitate a cycleway was submitted last year to North Yorkshire Council.
The village lies between York and Harrogate. The A59 and Boroughbridge Road limit access to the network of country roads into the vale of York.
The greenway will link with Great Ouseburn, which is part of the Way of the Roses cycle route from Morecambe to Bridlington.
North Yorkshire Council is funding the majority of the scheme from developer contributions paid by housebuilders and now the parish council is seeking bids from contractors to carry out the work. The deadline for submissions is April 30.
Work is expected to begin in autumn, after the nesting season and harvesting so overhanging branches and overgrown hedges can be cut back.
Planning documents submitted to the council in support of the application said:
Creating the cycleway will mainly involve upgrading existing public footpaths and farm tracks to create a more even and levelled surface. The surface will be 'durable all-weather crushed stone, with mown verges either side, giving a total width of 5m'.
Moss Hill Lane will be included in the cycleway.
The planning documents add:
Jon Purday, a campaigner for the greenway who put the idea to the parish council in 2014, said:
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