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Dec 2021
Skipton Road traffic lights refurbishment to cost £143,000
A refurbishment of traffic lights on Harrogate’s Skipton Road is to cost taxpayers £143,000.
North Yorkshire County Council, which is the the highways authority, awarded a contract to Hampshire-based Dynniq UK Ltd to upgrade two junctions on the road.
According to the published contract, the works were valued at £143,288.55.
The county council had earmarked Kings Road and Bilton Lane junctions on Skipton Road for upgrades.
Highways bosses had planned to carry out work at the junctions back in 2020, but it was delayed due to the Nightingale Hospital set up at Harrogate Convention Centre.
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At the time, Melissa Burnham, highways area manager at the county council, said the work had to be put back as the “key route around the hospital” had to be protected.
Ms Burnham said the work included introducing a larger island at the Kings Road junction and installing new traffic lights at both junctions.
Meanwhile, Skipton Road, which is one of the busiest roads in Harrogate, is set to see further roadworks in the New Year.
Northern Gas Networks is set to set up temporary traffic lights at Knox Avenue, Bilton Grange Close and Skipton Crescent while it replaces metal pipes with plastic ones.
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