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Sept 2021
Hull company awarded £827,000 Otley Road cycle route contract
A Hull-based engineering company has been awarded an £827,000 contract to construct the first phase of the Otley Road cycleway in Harrogate.
North Yorkshire County Council appointed PBS Construction for the project, which is known as the West Harrogate Scheme, with a start date earmarked for September 20.
The company has largely carried out projects in East Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, but has previously repaired the Kirkby-Masham bridge in North Yorkshire at a cost of £229,500.
The firm is also a sponsor of Hull FC rugby league club.
According to government procurement documents, the contract is valued at £827,100 and is set to end in November this year.
Melisa Burnham, highways area manager at the county council, said:
Work will include widening Otley Road on the approach to Harlow Moor Road as well as the creation of a designated left turn lane on the western approach to Harlow Moor Road and designated right turn lane on the eastern approach.
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An off-road cycle route will also be created between Harlow Moor Road and Cold Bath Road as part of the contract.
Traffic light junctions will also be upgraded.
The county council previously confirmed to the Stray Ferret that the final two phases of the scheme would also be awarded via open tender.
Negotiations with the Duchy of Lancaster over the exchange of Stray land have caused delays.
Harrogate Borough Council agreed in March to designate a plot of land on Wetherby Road as Stray land in exchange for the loss of grass verges on Otley Road for the new cycle path.
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