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26
Jan 2024
New road resurfacing works costing £430,000 to be confirmed for Ripon and Sharow
There's good news for road users in Ripon and Sharow this morning (Friday) as North Yorkshire Council is set to confirm a £430,000 package of comprehensive road resurfacing.
On top of the £630,000 allocation for Ripon's Market Square East and West, as previously reported by the Stray Ferret, schemes costing £100,000 apiece for Kirkgate and Duck Hill have been included in the capital budget for the financial year that starts in April.
Work on the pothole-ridden Sharow Lane and New Road will begin in June after the highways authority was successful in gaining additional government funding with monies diverted from the now-scrapped HS2 high speed rail project,
Barrie Mason, North Yorkshire's assistant director -(for) highways and transportation, informed Sharow resident James Thornborough in an email that was also ccd to the Stray Ferret:
"As part of the recent announcement of additional highways maintenance funding from the government for 2024/25, the Council has prepared an additional programme of schemes for delivery in 2024/25. Resurfacing schemes in Sharow are part of this programme.
Ripon's Kirkgate (pictured) and Duck Hill will be resurfaced at a cost of £100,000 apiece
The updated programme for all of North Yorkshire's road repair and resurfacing schemes, which can be seen online here .is set to be rubber stamped at today's Highways and Transportation meeting in Northallerton.
Mr Mason said, in his email, "The two schemes in Sharow will be delivered as part of a package of works planned to commence in June 2024. Our local highways team will liaise with the local community and residents when on site delivery dates are known."
Sharow road and environmental campaigner James Thornborough, who has been lobbying for three years for road repairs told the Stray Ferret:
"However, I'm pleased to say that persistence paid off and I thank Mr Mason and his colleagues for listening to village voices and coming up with the monies for works that will be beneficial to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists who live in, or pass through Sharow."
Main picture: The ironically-named New Road in Sharow, will finally be fixed later this year
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