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Oct 2020
When will Skipton Road traffic misery end?
They were supposed to have moved three weeks ago, but the four-way traffic lights on one of Harrogate's busiest roads are still bringing daily misery to hundreds of motorists.
Northern Gas Networks began work replacing metal pipes with plastic pipes beneath Skipton Road on July 13.
The project has required two sets of traffic lights on Skipton Road, plus lights on the adjoining King's Road and Woodfield Road.
On September 18, Chris Reed, site manager at NGN, apologised for any inconvenience caused by the delayed project and assured the Stray Ferret the four-way lights would be replaced by two-way lights the following day as the project moved further along Skipton Road.
But since then the four-way lights have remained.
Besides delaying motorists, the lights have blighted the lives of residents and business.
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Bilton Working Men's Club on Skipton Road has filed a claim for loss of earnings against NGN.
The Stray Ferret asked NGN if it could finally say when the four-way lights would be removed.
But Richard White, the company's business operations lead, was unable to give a date.
Mr White said NGN was now resurfacing the Skipton Road end of King's Road. He added:
He said completion of the entire project "remains on schedule for the end of November". But no date before then for the end of the four-way lights was given.
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