Businesses are open during Poppleton highways works

12th April 2012 Poppleton revised layout

‘Businesses are open’, is the message City of York Council is emphasising whilst contractors complete overnight highways works in the North of the city.

Works to improve the area surrounding the A59/A1237 junction in preparation for the opening of the new Poppleton Bar Park&Ride site have been extended because of unforeseen circumstances.

The period of night time working is being extended due to a number of unexpected utility services and difficult ground conditions that have been encountered. The works will continue to take place overnight to minimise overall disruption during peak travel times.

Access is available to all businesses and properties during these periods but drivers may need to follow diversions.

The overnight works are taking place as follows:

A59: May 22 – June 15 2014 (not including Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays). Nightshifts controlled by temporary traffic signals. No access to A1237 from A59 during overnight works (May 22 to June 6)

A1237: May 22 – June 6 2014 (not including Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays). Nightshifts under temporary closure from Wetherby Road (B1224) to Great North Way (York Business Park).

The temporary closure will not be implemented on Bank Holiday Monday (26 May) and for the remainder of that week the road will be closed at 10pm until 6am the following morning. Outside of those dates the closure will be from 8pm until 6 am.
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Real time maps of York – weather and traffic congestion

Residents can now access a radar map showing current weather conditions across the county. Click map for access. http://preview.wunderground.com/wundermap

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And a reminder that a real time map is also available showing congestion levels, current and planned road works http://roadworks.org/

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Latest updates on “improve our neighbourhood” campaign

More and more residents are following our advice that they should be intolerant of poor public service standards.

Here are some of the issues reported over the weekend.

Residents should click here to access the My Council reporting tool

Thoresby Road - litter

Thoresby Road – litter

Litter - Cornlands Road

Litter – Cornlands Road

St Stephens Road - Poor street sweeping standards

St Stephens Road – Poor street sweeping standards

The Wandle - detritus

The Wandle – detritus

Chapelfields - Grass growing THROUGH footpath surfaces

Chapelfields – Grass growing THROUGH footpath surfaces

Chapelfields - Damaged verges

Chapelfields – Damaged verges

Foxwood - Graffiti

Foxwood – Graffiti

 

£200,000 being spent on repairing York roads which are to be used by Tour De France cyclists

The Council has revealed that it is spending £200,000 filling potholes and resurfacing the roads over which Tour de France competitors will ride in July.

Vesper Drive residents pitch to have their cul de sac resurfaced

Vesper Drive residents pitch to have their cul de sac resurfaced

Competition for the funding is hotting up with some residents (right) spotting an opportunity to get much needed road repairs completed.

The Council has now cancelled the meeting which was to have considered how the supplementary highways resurfacing budget will be spent. No explanation has been given and no new date, for a replacement meeting, has been offered!

Meanwhile the Council has said, in response to a Freedom of Information request, that it still plans to accommodate 800 caravans and 2000 tents on Monk Stray over the tour weekend (5th/6th July).

There is some concern that the “slimmed down” City of York Council has agreed to a programme which is does not have the resources to organise properly. 

Only a handful of Councillors have been briefed on the detail of what is happening (or not happening)