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Oct 2022
County council bosses rejected a suggestion by Harrogate Borough Council to allocate contingency funding to the town’s £11.9 million Station Gateway project.
According to a North Yorkshire County Council report, the borough council was consulted on the use of surplus money from on-street parking charges - known as civil parking enforcement.
The county council manages on-street parking across North Yorkshire and collects fines which are enforced by the districts.
The county council estimates it will allocate £3 million in funding to projects and services over the next three years and consulted the borough council on the matter.
Trevor Watson, director of economy at Harrogate Borough Council, said in a letter that part of the money could be allocated to the gateway scheme.
He said:
Mr Watson also suggested the funding could be used to develop mitigation measures as part of the west of Harrogate infrastructure plan and as "top-up" funding for cycling schemes on Victoria Avenue and at Pannal.
However, county council bosses turned down the gateway idea and said that “it would not be possible” to match the funding.
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