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Nov 2023
Ripon will discover later this week if a £630,000 road resurfacing scheme will be included in North Yorkshire Council's capital funding programme for delivery next year.
City councillors have been calling for many years for the sets of paving blocks on Market Place East and Market Place West, which have become damaged and uneven, to be removed and replaced with a tarmac surface.
At last night's full city council meeting, leader Andrew Williams, told members:
Tarmac patches have been put in place on some of the worst affected areas of the city centre roads.
Cllr Williams, who represents the Minster and Moorside division on North Yorkshire Council and is a member of the the Conservative and Independent Group, added:
The need to put new foundations in place before the new tarmac surface can be laid has seen the projected cost for the scheme rise from £500,000 to £630.000.
North Yorkshire Council has confirmed that in preparation for the proposed scheme, necessary site investigations have already started and will commence further later this month.
This will involve road closures on separate days of Market Place East and Market Place West and a traffic management plan associated with the works will be communicated to the local stakeholders and the public, once dates are finalised with the contractors.
Both Market Place East (main picture) and Market Place West will be resurfaced next autumn if the scheme receives the go-ahead.
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