Link road opens to relieve traffic congestion in Layerthorpe & Heworth Green

Eboracum Way open for through traffic

The final section of Eboracum Way, a new road connecting Layerthorpe and Heworth Green has been completed, allowing easier access to businesses in the area and an alternative route to Foss Bank and Foss Islands Road for residents and visitors .

The road, which includes a provision for cycle lanes on both sides, opened for public use on 9 June. This part of the road has been delivered through the regeneration of part of the former gas works site, undertaken by Tiger Developments. The road will be available to all traffic, with signal controlled junctions at Layerthorpe and Heworth Green.

The first phase of the James Street link road was delivered by the council, in parallel with the Foss Islands Retail Park in 2006, with the initial section of Eboracum Way and connection to Heworth Green being completed in 2009.
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More help for elderly/disabled promised by York Council

The York Council will be reviewing the amount of help that it is able to give needy home owners in York when it meets on 19th June.

Recommendations are being made on how increased funding,  totalling  £1.1 million, from the governments “Better Care Fund” will be allocated. This may mean some changes to the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) system.

Up to £30,000 can be loaned or granted to qualifying homeowners to make changes to allow disabled people to continue to live in their own homes. The grants have been means tested in the past but that will no longer be the case fro smaller grants in the future.

Typically the grants are spent on:

  • Facilitating access to and from the dwelling or building by the disabled occupant
  • Making the dwelling or building safe for the disabled occupant
  • Access to the principal family room by the disabled occupant
  • Access to or providing a bedroom for the disabled occupant
  • Access to or providing a room containing a bath or shower for the disabled occupant or facilitating the use by the occupant of such a facility
  • Access to or providing a room containing a WC for the disabled occupant or facilitating the use by the occupant of such a facility
  • Access to or providing a room containing a wash hand basin for the disabled occupant or facilitating the use by the occupant of such a facility
  • Facilitating the preparation and cooking of food by the disabled person
  • Improving or providing a heating system for the disabled person
  • Facilitating the use of power, light or heat by the disabled person by altering same or providing additional means of control
  • Facilitating access & movement around the dwelling to enable the disabled person to provide care for someone.
  • Access to gardens

The scope of qualifying works is now being extended to include hazard remedies (such as excess cold), undertaking electrical repair works to a home where a new level access shower or lift is provided and undertaking an asbestos survey and removal of any asbestos

The Council is also simplifying the application process and hopes to reduce the time interval between applications for assistance being made and adaptations being completed.

A more comprehensive guide to the help available can be found by clicking here

 

 

 

What’s on in York: University of York Choir & Symphony Orchestra at York Minster

Wednesday 14th June 2017

19.30

From £5

Benedict Nelson baritone

Peter Seymour, John Stringer conductors

Walton     Crown Imperial

Berlioz     Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale

Walton     Belshazzar’s Feast

Belshazzar’s Feast became an immediate success after its first performance, in Leeds, in 1931. Walton’s music drama uses colourful and dramatic writing for choir and large orchestra to tell the story of the Babylonian king who saw the writing on the wall. Soloist Benedict Nelson is one of the most exciting baritones of his generation, equally at home on the concert platform and opera stage. Berlioz’s Grande symphonie funèbre et triomphale opens with a sombre funeral march and ends with a triumphal choral finale.  Written for the coronation of Edward VIII, the stirring march Crown Imperial was first performed at the coronation of King George VI.

The concert is part of the University of York’s Festival of Ideas; the University Choir is sponsored by Evans Property Group, Tribal and Schroders.

Tickets:  Front Nave: £28 (concs £26)

Rear Nave:  £24 (concs £23)

Unreserved side aisles: £10 (concs £8), students £5

From University of York Concert Box Office:  01904 322439 (open Mon-Fri, 1.00-3.30pm) and online BOOK TICKETS