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Mar 2024
Harrogate to Skipton bus suspended due to Kex Gill work
The Saturday DalesBus 59 service between Harrogate and Skipton has been suspended due to the closure of the A59 at Kex Gill.
The service had been following a lengthy diversion around Ilkley after North Yorkshire Council suddenly closed the road last month due to a cracked verge.
But the Dales and Bowland Community Interest Company, which operates the DalesBus, has now called a halt to it.
It said in a statement:
The DalesBus had been taking a diverted route via Otley and Ilkley, and stopped calling at Blubberhouses or Bolton Bridge.
The closed road at Kex Gill.
The A59 is the main route between Harrogate and Skipton. It is not expected to reopen until after Easter and work is unlikely to begin before the end of March.
In its latest update last week, Karl Battersby, the council’s corporate director of environment, said:
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