Council frantically planting marigolds on A59 roundabout
The York Council has abandoned any hope of getting the Poppleton Bar Park and Ride site finished before the Tour de France riders pass the site on Sunday morning.
Poppleton Bar park and ride site
They are currently desperately planting yellow flowers on the nearby roundabout no doubt to mollify the sponsors who are probably seething at the delays. The work is adding to the high congestion levels on the A1237.
The Council is likely to be asked to publish the minutes of any contract progress meetings that responsible Cabinet members (Merrett and more recently Levene) have held since February when it became clear that the original target completion date of 1st April would not be met.
Elsewhere the Council says that sales of Grand Departy tickets for Fridays concert are “brisk”. However they have reduced the number available from 10,000 to 5000 and now say that you can turn up and pay on the day. There has been no comment from the Cabinet member (Crisp) who is responsible for this particular flop.
Otherwise York residents have been advised to brace themselves for 3 hours of fame and turmoil on Sunday morning.
Where to see it
The timetable of events suggests that the cyclists will leave the racecourse at 11:00am.
The Spectator Hubs are situated at Huntington Stadium, Rowntree Park and the Designer Outlet and all are free and unticketed. Tickets for a fourth Hub at York Racecourse were issued earlier this year and were snapped up within hours. The Hubs will open at 8am (7am at the Racecourse) until approximately 7.30pm and all will have catering, entertainment, a Sports Activation Zone to explore York’s cycling and other sporting opportunities as well as large viewing screens for the sporting action.
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