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    Feb 2022

    Last Updated: 07/02/2022
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    No start date yet for Harrogate's Oak Beck Bridge replacement

    by Thomas Barrett

    | 08 Feb, 2022
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    North Yorkshire County Council previously said work to demolish and replace Oak Beck Bridge would begin in January and end in July. But a spokesperson today said no start date had been confirmed.

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    Oak Beck Bridge in Harrogate, which is due to be replaced.

    North Yorkshire County Council said today there was no confirmed start date to demolish and replace a footbridge near Harrogate's New Park roundabout.

    The council previously said work would begin in January to replace Oak Beck Bridge, which it says is in poor condition.

    The A59 road on which the bridge is situated is heavily used by traffic, especially by people visiting Aldi, B&Q and Pets at Home on the Oak Beck retail park.

    The volume would increase if Tesco is given permission to build on the former gas works site nearby.

    The council previously said work would take place from January until July this year and temporary traffic lights would be used throughout. The road will remain open to single-way traffic.




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    On Harrogate and Knaresborough MP Andrew Jones' Community News website, Matt Scott, the Conservative councillor for Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge said last week a bridge engineer at the council had told him work would begin in April.

    But a council spokesperson was unable to confirm this date when asked by the Stray Ferret and said the start date had yet to be confirmed.

    Plans for the new Tesco include a petrol station, 200 parking spaces and a new roundabout on Skipton Road.