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Aug 2022
Oxfordshire company given £200,000 contract to review Harrogate junctions
An Oxfordshire company has been awarded £200,000 to oversee a review of junctions as part of mass house building in the west of Harrogate.
North Yorkshire County Council has appointed RPS Consulting Services Limited to oversee the work, which is part of the West Harrogate Infrastructure Delivery Strategy.
The strategy is part of the wider proposals for the area and builds upon the West Harrogate Parameters Plan, which sets out how the area’s infrastructure and services will cope with 4,000 new homes.
The contract will see RPS Consulting Services review the designs of the junctions within the strategy.
Karl Battersby, corporate director for business and environmental services at the county council, said:
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Residents have criticised the delivery strategy for lacking detail and being “incoherent”.
Some people said they were disappointed after a meeting last month over some of the proposals in the delivery strategy.
The document was due for completion in May – but Harrogate Borough Council has now said it expects it to be published before the end of the year.
The Western Arc Coordination Group, which represents a range of Harrogate campaign and residents groups, said in a statement after the meeting:
In response, a borough council spokesperson said the meeting was held to help design the strategy and further consultation will take place with residents groups later in the year.
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