Ripon contractors are on target to complete the resurfacing of the city’s cathedral car park a week ahead of schedule.
The work by A E Duffield & Sons as part of a £106,000 contract is due for completion on February 11, but progress suggests it could be finished by this Friday.
In an additional boost to motorists, a city council request for bays to be increased in size, to make parking easier, has been taken on-board.
A contractor told the Stray Ferret:
“The bays are now a minimum of 2.4 metres wide, compared with the previous ones that were 2.2 metres.”
The parking bays have been widened to 2.4 metres
To accommodate the enlargement of the spaces, it is estimated that a dozen of the car park’s 193 bays will be lost.
Ripon City and Harrogate district independent councillor Pauline McHardy, who led the call for the bays to be increased in size, welcomed the progress made this week.
She said:
“I’m pleased with the positive response from Harrogate Borough Council to our request and thank them for that.
“I’m also delighted that the resurfacing work has gone smoothly and with it likely to be completed early, that will mean a week’s less disruption for people coming into the city who need somewhere to park.”
A E Duffield & Sons has recently been awarded another contract by Harrogate Borough Council to resurface the Fisher Street Car Park in Knaresborough, at a cost of £30,000.
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