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07
Feb 2023
Safety audit to be carried out at Killinghall junction
A formal safety audit is to be conducted at a Killinghall junction after a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle last week.
The news was revealed at a packed meeting last night of Killinghall Parish Council, at which residents vented frustration about safety at the notorious Ripon Road and Otley Road junction.
Michael Harrison, a Conservative who represents Killinghall, Hampsthwaite and Saltergate on North Yorkshire County Council, told the meeting:
Cllr Harrison added the county council, which is the highways authority, had said it would come up with proposals in three months.
He said he shared residents' concerns about the junction but admitted he didn't know the solution, adding.
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Parish council chairman Anne Holdsworth said plans were approved for a Killinghall bypass in 1937 and the village had been campaigning unsuccessfully for one ever since.
One resident told the meeting the person injured on the crossing outside the Greyhounds Inn last week had suffered a broken ankle and was on crutches.
Most people at the meeting agreed speed was a problem at the junction and in the wider village but there was little consensus over what to do.
Opinions included a 20mph limit, a mini roundabout and traffic lights. There were also concerns about the location of the pedestrian crossing and the bus stop as well as the new Tesco Express entrance.
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