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Apr 2023
'Unforeseen circumstances' delay Oak Beck Bridge replacement — again
A starting date for a £1 million scheme to replace Oak Beck Bridge in Harrogate has still to be set.
North Yorkshire County Council planned to begin work in January last year after saying the current bridge on Skipton Road was in poor condition.
But in June last year, council bridges manager Philip Richardson said the scheme had been delayed due to "unforeseen circumstances" and it was still in talks with Yorkshire Water.
Ten months on, the Stray Ferret asked North Yorkshire Council, which has replaced the county council, for an update.
In a statement that was identical in parts to the one issued last year, Mr Richardson said:
The volume of traffic using Skipton Road is expected to increase after Tesco was granted planning permission to build a supermarket at the nearby junction of Skipton Road and Ripon Road.
When it was awarded the £1.1 million contract to demolish the bridge and build a new one, Leeds-based Howard Civil Engineering said the project would take 24 weeks.
Read more:
- 'Unforeseen circumstances' delays start of Oak Beck Bridge scheme
- Harrogate Oak Beck Bridge project to cost £1m
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