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Sept 2023
Ripon councillors call for safety measure at 'dangerous' city centre junction
Ripon councillors are calling for new safety measures to be put in place near a city centre junction where four accidents have occurred in two years.
Concerns were raised at Monday night's full city council meeting about the junction of Fishergate and Old Market Place, where a pedestrian was involved in an accident on the morning of September 1.
Councillor Eamon Parkin said:
A number of measures to make crossing the road safer for pedestrians were discussed, after Cllr Pauline McHardy proposed a zebra crossing be installed by North Yorkshire Council.
She said:
Councillors Barbara Brodigan and Andrew Williams, who represent Ripon on North Yorkshire Council, said the council doesn't install zebra crossings any more.
Cllr Williams also said:
Councillors agreed to write to North Yorkshire Council requesting that new measures be put in place to make the junction safer.
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