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May 2023
Petition set up objecting to £11.2m Harrogate Station Gateway
An online petition has been set up against the planned £11.2 million Harrogate Station Gateway project.
The scheme would see the biggest change to the town centre for decades, including traffic on a 300-metre stretch of Station Parade being reduced to single lane so cycle lanes can be built and part of James Street pedestrianised.
Senior North Yorkshire councillors will meet to make a final decision on the project on May 30 after Harrogate and Knaresborough councillors voted to support it.
However, a petition against the scheme has attracted 191 signatures at the time of writing.
Rachael Inchboard, of the Granville Road Residents Group, set up the Change.org petition in objection to the gateway project.
The petition says the scheme would “irreversibly damage Harrogate” and adds that the signatories have "no confidence" in officers or the executive at North Yorkshire Council, which is leading the proposals.
Ms Inchboard said:
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The move comes as Cllr Keane Duncan, executive councillor for highways at the council, welcomed the decision by Harrogate and Knaresborough councillors to support the proposals.
Following a three-hour meeting at Harrogate's Civic Centre on May 5, councillors backed the scheme by 10 votes to 3.
Cllr Duncan, who has had responsibility for transport on the Conservative authority's executive since Don Mackenzie retired last year, said he was pleased councillors from opposition parties came together to back the project.
He said:
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