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Apr 2022
Last Updated: 01/04/2022
Stray Views: Skipton Road 'improvements' have made delays worse
A reader says the recent improvements to Skipton Road have actually made delays worse.
Letters
Stray Views is a weekly column giving you the chance to have your say on issues affecting the Harrogate district. It is an opinion column and does not reflect the views of the Stray Ferret. Send your views to letters@thestrayferret.co.uk.
Skipton Road 'improvements' have made delays worse
At 9.30am today (Wednesday) it took me 16 minutes to drive between the New Park and Empress roundabouts in Harrogate, a distance of just over a mile.
The recent 'improvement' to the traffic lights at the junction of King's Road and Woodfield Road has made Skipton Road jams much worse, in both directions.
When will North Yorkshire County Council return to remedy these problems where the traffic lights are not giving anything like enough time to motorists on the main Skipton Road, and how much has this wasted work cost so far?
Liz Carnell, Knox Way, Harrogate
Get it beeping right!
I read your articles about beeps at pedestrian crossings.
I have reasonably good eyesight and hearing but I entirely agree with Mr Raho that beeps are really necessary at pedestrian crossings and should be installed, as they do help so much when trying to cross.
Patricia Perry, Harrogate
Our MP is in first gear
I read last week's letter about Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones' lack of communication on his website.
It’s because it’s such a safe seat and he thinks he will walk it again at the next election — he’s in first gear all the way.
Michael Ward, Knaresborough
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