North Yorkshire Council has earmarked Pannal Ash Road in Harrogate for resurfacing.
The local authority added the road to its highways capital programme, which includes roadworks and repairs across the county.
According to a council report, the resurfacing is set to cost £300,000.
A council spokesperson told the Stray Ferret the project will cover the entirety of Pannal Ash Road.
Traffic calming measures to support the 20mph limit on the road will also be considered as part of the scheme. However, those would be subject to consultation.
The resurfacing is due to be carried out in summer 2024.
The council’s highways programme includes three years worth of roadwork schemes across North Yorkshire.
A total of 840 projects were recently added the programme taking the value of the council’s project pipeline to £64 million.
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A Harrogate vet has warned dog owners to avoid popular walking spots if their pets have symptoms of a mystery illness spreading across town.
There have been widespread reports of vomiting and diarrhoea among dogs that have been to the East Yorkshire coast in the last week. However, dogs have also caught the virus in Harrogate.
The Harrogate Vet, on Leeds Road, told the Stray Ferret that its vets have seen a three-fold increase in dogs with gastroenteritis in the last week.
Sarah Woods, one of the vets at the practice, said:
“It is not unusual for viruses to spread but this is different in terms of the sheer number of unwell dogs we are treating — around a dozen a day.
“We do not want dog owners to panic or change anything they are doing.
“Dogs that have symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea just need to avoid popular areas to prevent the spread.”
Ms Woods added that most dogs they have seen have responded well to treatment.
Kelly Anne, who owns a miniature schnauzer called Pepper, said her dog became unwell after a walk around the Skipton Road area of Harrogate. She said:
“She has really not been herself at all, it has just been really sad to see.
“Last night I saw her stomach contracting and how much pain she was in. It made me cry.”
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Nicky Shamir, who works as a hypnotherapist, recently took her cockapoo Barney for a walk round Harrogate’s Valley Gardens. She said:
“On the way back he started with diarrhoea and when I managed to get him home he just slept.
“He is just eight months old so it was really unusual and I took him to the vet. We have now got him on some medication and he is starting to improve.”
Kirsty Atkinson owns three cocker spaniels called Isla, Miley and Jet. She told the Stray Ferret:
Harrogate residents call for action on speeding cars outside schools“One started being ill on Tuesday evening then the other Wednesday and last one started yesterday.
“The only place they have been walked is around the block we live on Harlow Avenue and the bit of parkland at the end of Hartley Road so we could only have picked it up there.
“It’s a bit worrying but more reassuring that we maybe know it’s just gastroenteritis and that they should be better within a few days.”
Harrogate residents have called for the 20 mph speed limit outside four schools in the town to be enforced.
So far more than 150 people have signed an online petition, which can be found here, urging safety action on Pannal Ash Road.
Pannal Ash Road used to have speed activated signs but they were removed to save money last year.
The petition highlights a North Yorkshire County Council survey that found 80% of drivers exceeded the speed limit on Pannal Ash Road.
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In just one day, the council found that out of 3,974 drivers only 366 drove at the 20 mph limit. The majority drove between 20 and 30 mph but 613 drove between 30mph and 50mph.
Ruth Lily, who created the petition with her neighbour Jenny Hayward, told the Stray Ferret:
Twelve more weeks of road closures for Harlow Hill“Ten years ago my daughter was walking to school and her friend was hit by a car. They thankfully made a full recovery.
“After that the council put in some measures to control the speed but the signs were removed last year.
“Ever since then I have noticed that cars have started to drive at increased speeds on Pannal Ash Road.”
Residents on Harlow Hill in Harrogate face another 12 weeks of roadworks as water supplies are connected to new housing developments on Whinney Lane.
Yorkshire Water began the work last week and, on Monday, wrote to residents telling them the rolling project will last into May.
Beginning from Otley Road, crews will install new pipes along roads through to Whinney Lane, expecting to complete the project around May 7.
Work on Whinney Lane itself is set to last for nine weeks from March 1. It follows news that the existing seven-month closure, being carried out as part of construction work for homes at Castle Hill Farm, will likely over-run beyond its predicted February 28 end because of recent bad weather.
David Siddans, of Harrogate and Pannal Ash Residents’ Association (HAPARA), said:
“A major concern is that extremely short notice of this work was given to residents with a letter received a day or so after work began in the Pannal Ash roundabout area.
“The residents of Whinney Lane in particular have had to suffer ongoing disruption and roadworks since the Mulgrave development of 40 houses began over a year ago.”
The Yorkshire Water work is set to be completed in phases. Harlow Crescent, Beckwith Avenue, Beckwith Walk, Beckwith Crescent and Beckwith Road will all be affected for between two and four weeks, in short stretches along each road.
A Yorkshire Water spokesperson said:
“The work taking place from Otley Road to Whinney Lane is essential to support new housing developments in the area and also to increase resilience on our clean water network during periods of peak demand.
“We know that road closures can be inconvenient and our teams may occasionally need to work during evenings and weekends – but we’ll do everything we can to keep disruption to a minimum and complete the work as quickly as possible.
“In order to carry out this work safely, we’ll need to close short sections of road whilst we’re working in the highway. These closures will move as our work progresses and access will be available for residents either side of our works – however, there’ll be no vehicular access through the working area.”
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With a second construction site by Stonebridge already in progress and around 700 more homes and business premises set to be built on a neighbouring site under the local plan, along with more homes already constructed along nearby Otley Road, Mr Siddans said HAPARA was “extremely concerned” about the inevitable further disruption.
The five Harrogate streets that attract the most pothole reports“We are well aware of the huge infrastructure implications of this planned massive urban expansion which involves not only utilities services but also, critically, transport infrastructure.
“HAPARA is part of the Western Arc Coordination Group which is lobbying the county and district councils for a comprehensive set of measures to accompany housing developments.”
Arthurs Avenue has more potholes reported than any other road in Harrogate, according to statistics from North Yorkshire County Council.
The avenue, which Harrogate Grammar School is situated on, had 17 potholes reported In the year April 1 2019 to March 31 2020.
Roads in the west of Harrogate appear to attract the most complaints.
Arthurs Avenue displays some of the scars from work on its surface.
The second most reported road for potholes was nearby Rossett Drive, with 12.
Another street in the vicinity, Pannal Ash Road, was joint third, along with Oakdale and Wayside Avenue, with 11.
The council, which is the highways authority for the county, supplied the figures after the Stray Ferret submitted a request under the Freedom of Information Act.