Gale Lane – 2 way lights in vicinity of no.124, 24th/25th March during Morrison Utilities/Yorkshire Water works
— York Travel (@york_travel) March 17, 2014
Holtby Lane closed from tomorrow (24th March)
Holtby Lane closed between Rudcarr Lane & NW property of Camborough Lodge from 00:01hrs 24th Mar till 24:00hrs 04th Apr due to road works.
— York Travel (@york_travel) March 14, 2014
Spring clean this week in Foxwood Park
Throughout the first week of the spring volunteers have helped to tidy Clifton and Rawcliffe.
During week two (24-30 March) of the spring clean will be focused on the Dringhouses and Woodthorpe ward plus the Foxwood park.
Litter in hedgerow Acomb Wood Meadow
The first task of the week will take place on Tuesday from 10am-12noon when a team from The Chase Residents’ Association will be painting play equipment in Nelsons Lane Play area.
On Wednesday from 10am–12:30pm a team from Bootham School will be planting wildflower bulbs and trimming the hedges within the Chapman’s Pond site.
They will then move to Foxwood Park to plant bulbs and tidy up the hedge between 2:15pm -4:30pm.
Thursday will see Friends of Acomb Wood planting trees and litter picking within Acomb Wood. Volunteers who would like to help are asked to meet at 2pm at the Acomb Wood Drive/Quaker Wood Pub entrance.
York’s public conveniences’ refurbishment set to start
Work on a £663,000 refurbishment of York’s public conveniences starts on Monday
The contractor Healthmatic will take over the refurbishment and maintenance of facilities in the city centre and Acomb to both improve cleanliness and disabled access, while making required savings of £75,000.
Work at the Union Terrace car and coach park will start on Monday 24 March, and temporary facilities will be installed next door, with no charge for entry during refurbishment.
Acomb toilets
At Nunnery Lane car park, work will start on Monday 31 March. The men’s facilities will remain open and the night-time toilet and accessible toilet will be temporarily available for women, again with no charge for entry during refurbishment. Both projects will complete in early May.
Upgrading will take place at the public toilets on Acomb’s Front Street, Coppergate, Exhibition Square, Tanner Row and those at the car parks on Nunnery Lane and St George’s Field. Besides improvements to the Silver Street toilets which already includes a Changing Place disabled facility, an additional Changing Place will be built as part of the refurbishment at Union Terrace car park’s toilets.
Share the Care Week: Could you support disabled children?
Would you like to help another family? Do you like having children around? If so, then City of York Council wants to hear from you.
The authority is looking to recruit carers to help with its Short Breaks Service, which provides regular short breaks to children and young people with a permanent and substantial impairment or illness.
Higher Broadband speeds for small businesses in York
A £1m scheme to support small businesses (SMEs) to get connected to high speed/high grade broadband with one of over two hundred registered suppliers has been launched today.
Supporting York’s aim to become one of the best digitally connected cities in Europe, the scheme offers SMEs the chance to sign-up for a connection voucher worth up to £3,000, for a limited period of time, to gain access to faster broadband and completely transform the way they operate.The scheme is funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), as part of York’s status as one of 22 SuperConnected Cities.
Hessay road closure from tomorrow
New Rd, Hessay closed from the Level crossing to a point 120m south between 00:01hrs 23rd Mar till 30th Mar due to carriageway resurfacing.
— York Travel (@york_travel) March 7, 2014
Blow for Front Street Acomb
The media are reporting that the NatWest bank in Front Street Acomb is to close.
Front Street Acomb
The report comes only 24 hours after York Council leaders pledged to close down licensed betting offices and quick loan shops on Front Street.
The Council have failed to say how they will address the problem of empty property in the area.
The decline in Front Street was prompted in 2012 when the Council closed its local Acomb office.
Despite a strong campaign by local Liberal Democrats, who feel that a regeneration project should be started by the Council to help sub-urban shopping areas, neighbourhood improvement funding has been slashed during the last 3 years.
Yellow flowers aim for City in July
Residents of York, famed for its cycling culture and yellow blaze of daffodils on the city walls, are being invited to get growing and help welcome the Tour de France on 6 July by Planting the City Yellow.
Anyone who wants to get gardening and brighten the city can dig in as part of the city’s arts and cultural festival called York: Be part of it.
Thanks to local sponsor Aldby Field Nurseries, 1,500 packs of French marigold seeds, compost, a seed tray and instructions will be available free to residents keen to start sowing.
Beaconsfield Street back lane bollards mystery
Bollards back Beaconsfield Street
A set of new removable bollards has appeared on part of the Beaconsfield Street back lane.
We understand that there was no consultation with residents living in Beaconsfield Mews whose properties back onto the lane in question.
The bollards make vehicular access to the rear of the properties awkward.
There is a right of way along the lane