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Mar 2022
Drivers heading to Melmerby business parks braced for 'crazy' road closure
Traffic problems are expected this week when the principal route to and from two of the Harrogate district's busiest business parks is closed for two days.
Between 7.30am and 5.30pm on Thursday and Friday, an eight-tenths of a mile section of Melmerby Green Lane, between the A61 and Barker Business Park, will be shut for carriageway repairs.
The daytime work on those days presents a huge headache for heavy goods vehicle drivers because the so-far un-signed detour route from both business parks will inevitably mean drivers will have to turn left towards the village of Melmerby on a road which has a 7.5 ton weight limit on it.
The weight limit sign on the approaches to Melmerby
HGV drivers making deliveries at both business parks were scratching their heads when the Stray Ferret visited. One said:
Another HGV driver said:
North Yorkshire County Council's highways team, says:
Within 100 yards of the Potter Space business park is the weight limit sign
NYCC's highways area manager Melisa Burnham, said:
More information is available on the roadworks map at www.northyorks.gov.uk/roadworks-map
Read more:
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- Double delay for Kirkby Malzeard road users
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