Boroughbridge Rd closed southeast bound between A1237 & Beckfield Ln, 19:00hrs 01st July till 24:00hrs 02nd July due to emergency road works
— York Travel (@york_travel) June 30, 2014
Resurfacing works on Alcuin Avenue
City of York Council will carry out essential resurfacing works on Alcuin Avenue, Tang Hall, starting on Monday 30 June.
Beckfield Lane signs mystery
Beckfield Lane mystery signs
The York Council has been urged to explain when the blanked out traffic signs at the end of Beckfield Lane will be restored.
The signs are understood to advertise a weight restriction which appears to have been lifted while the long running A1237/A59 road works were taking place.
The Council did not consult residents about the signs and blanking them out with “gaffa” tape is an unusual way of lifting a restriction!
Poppleton Bar Park and Ride site still not completed
The York Council has missed yet another deadline for the “final” completion of the Park and Ride site at Poppleton.
The Park and Ride service was opened prematurely by the Council 3 weeks ago although essential signage, traffic signals, parking bays, landscaping and improvements to the A1237/A59 junction had not been completed.
Not surprisingly, despite the novelty of being able to ride on the City’s first electric buses, user numbers have been very low.
Most bus services are running empty.
By Saturday evening carriageway surfacing had been completed near the roundabout but lane restrictions remain in place as work to access footpaths and the cycle path has yet to be finished.
The Park and Ride site itself resembles the set of Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
It will present a poor backdrop for the TV pictures of the Tour de France riders who are scheduled to pass the site next Sunday morning.
TV coverage is scheduled to be beamed world wide and was one of the main reasons given by the Council for its £1.6 million investment in the event.
The Council has failed to provide any explanation for the latest delays nor for its decision to open the Park and Ride facility before work was completed.
The failure is the latest in a sting of misadventures which saw that Council forced to abandon plans to turn Monk Stray into a camping site and which has seen very low ticket sales for their highly expensive Grand Departee concert being held at Huntington Stadium on Friday.
They have, however, now added the popular local band HUGE to the concert programme no doubt ensuring that the Council’s propaganda machine will be able to refer to a huge attendance at the event!
York gets extra £311,253 to fill in 5000 potholes
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The coalition government has allocated York over £300,000 to deal with some of the potholes that blight local roads.
It is estimated that this will allow around 5000 holes to be filled in.
The money is in addition to the £245,719 allocated earlier in the year to repair the worse ravages of the winter weather.
However the central government initiative will do little to address the backlog in highways repairs which has built up over the last two financial years following a decision by the local York Council Labour Leadership to lop a total of £4 million from the highways budgets.
The potholes represents a particular risk for cyclists with highway margin work (the 1 metre band near the highway kerbside) having been given a low priority by the Council over the last 3 years.
Some road humps are also in a particularly poor condition and represent a hazard for all road users.
Traffic congestion bad in York
Long queues have developed on several routes in the north west of York.
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Roads affected include the A1237, Water End, Poppleton Road and Holgate Road.
In the main the problems have been caused by road works at the A59 junction together with highway repairs on Leeman Road (which is closed)
A shuttle bus service is in operation
Free shuttle bus
A free shuttle bus will run hourly between Station Road, Salisbury Road and back to Station Road.
Buses will run on a limited-stop basis, serving stops at:
- Station Road
- Poppleton Road, Primary School
- Salisbury Road, Water End
- Kingsland Terrace
- Livingstone Street
- Salisbury Road, Water End
- Poppleton Road, Primary School
- Station Road
Connections to/from Services 5/5A
Customers using the shuttle bus can change to and from buses on services 5/5A at the Poppleton Road Primary School stops.
Carr Lane road closure tomorrow (Wednesday)
No left turn into Carr Lane from Boroughbridge Road from 09:15hrs 18th June due to emergency gas works.
— York Travel (@york_travel) June 17, 2014
3 more weeks of road works at A1237/A59 junction
Council criticised for also closing Leeman Road alternative route from Monday
The York Council has been criticised by motorists for not delaying the start, on the resurfacing the carriageway near the Marble Arch bridge on Leeman Road, until the Poppleton roadworks were completed..
It has now been confirmed that the work is being undertaken at the same time as severe restrictions on the A1237 northern by pass continue to be applied.
The Council has issued a statement today saying,
“‘Businesses are open’, is the message City of York Council is emphasising whilst contractors complete overnight highways works in the north of the city.
Following the opening of the Poppleton Bar Park&Ride, the focus now moves to completing the highway works along the A59 at the junctions with Station Road, Poppleton and the York Outer Ring Road.
Contactors Belfour Beatty will continue to work at night in the area as follows:
- · Week commencing 9 June: working mainly around the A59/1237 roundabout using temporary traffic signals 8pm to 6am.
- · Week commencing 16 June: working mainly around the junction of the A59 with Station Road, Poppleton using temporary traffic signals 8pm to 6am.
- · Week commencing 23 June: finishing off the main roundabout surfacing and markings using a road closure of the A1237, for three nights between 23 – 25 June from 8pm to 6am. Surfacing of Station Road using a road closure of the Station Road/A59 junction for one night (planned for 23 June). Final surfacing on the A59 east and west of the roundabout using temporary traffic signals.
Leeman Road closure from 16th June.
Leeman Road closed @ Marble Arch Bridge from 09:00hrs 16th June till 24:00hrs 20th June due to carriageway resurfacing works.
— York Travel (@york_travel) June 12, 2014
Leeman Road is closed from Monday… lets hope that work at the A1237/A59 roundabout is completed before then.
Hob Moor rail tunnel closure
The pedestrian and cycle tunnel under the East Coast main railway line will be closed from tomorrow for 3 weeks.
The closure – which has not been widely advertised – is in connection with major electricity supply cable work taking place in the area
The tunnel forms part of the orbital cycle route which is used by hundreds of cyclists each day.
NB. Powergrid have also given notice of a supply cut in the Foxwood Lane area on Monday 16th June from 10:00am to 2:00pm