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Council confirms A59 Kex Gill will reopen at 6am tomorrow
North Yorkshire Council has confirmed that the A59 Kex Gill will reopen at 6am tomorrow.
The road was closed suddenly on February 2 due to a landslip.
The council blamed the wet weather for the landslip, which has so far cost more than £2 million to repair.
Now, Richard Binks, the council’s head of major projects, has confirmed in a social media post that the road will reopen on June 22.
He said:
I want to thank you for your understanding and patience of this engineering work that was necessary and vital for road safety and to mitigate against a landslide.
The announcement means that 122 days have passed since the road was closed due to the landslip.
More than 85 metres of steel sheets – known as piles – have been installed to create a structural wall.
The road behind the sheet piles was then reconstructed, along with drainage works and the relocation of telephone cables.
Kex Gill has a history of landslips that have caused inconvenience for users of the A59, the surrounding towns and villages, and are detrimental for businesses and local farmers.
The £68.8 million re-alignment project involves the creation of a new four-kilometre stretch of road, replacing an existing part of the A59 which has been affected by the landslips.
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