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09
Apr 2021
Harrogate Conservative county councillor Don Mackenzie has said he will not stand for re-election in 2022.
Cllr Mackenzie has represented the Saltergate ward in Jennyfields on North Yorkshire County Council since 2009.
He is also NYCC's executive member for access, which includes responsibility for transport.
He has been the council's public face for numerous high profile transport proposals in recent years, including the £60 million Kex Gill re-route, the controversial Nidd Gorge relief road that was rejected, the Beech Grove low traffic neighbourhood and the Station Gateway.
County council elections were due to take place in May this year but have been delayed until May 2022 because of local government reorganisation.
Cllr Mackenzie will be aged 72 by then and told the Stray Ferret that it would be "the right time to call it a day".
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