Number 4 bus route confusion as St Helens Road works continue

The number 4 bus service is continuing to avoid St Helen’s Road where there are ongoing works to the gas main.

The First bus web site is still quoting the reason for the diversion of it’s number 4 service as the burst water main, although this was fixed some time ago.

The number 4 is currently routing via Chaloners Road/Moor Lane/Tadcaster Road missing out the Eason View/Thanet Road loop as well as St Helen’s Road.

Northern Gas have confirmed that they expect to finish work on their main on Friday 29th May 2015.

St Helens Road

St Helen’s Road closure – workers now gone but…

Yorkshire Water contractors and associated plant have now left St Helen’s Road. 

However the road is still officially closed.

There has been no recent update report or explanation for the continuing delays.

Some motorists have started using the road again and are weaving through the chicanes.

St Helen's Road 1400 hours 15th may 2015. Workers and plant gone. Road still officially closed.

St Helen’s Road 1400 hours 15th may 2015. Workers and plant gone. Road still officially closed.

Looks like Tadcaster Road will be busy at teatime!

St Helen's Road 1400 hours 13th May 2015

St Helen’s Road 1400 hours 13th May 2015

It looks like Tadcaster Road will be very congested at teatime.

St Helen’s Road is still closed although now relatively free of surface water following the burst main earlier today. Workers are still digging their way down to the source of the problem. There is access for pedestrians and cyclists (who will need to dismount next to the roadworks)

It is race day so several hundred vehicles will be leaving the Knavesmire at tea time.

Those who can are advised to avoid driving down Tadcaster Road.

The number 4 bus route diversion remains in place.

Main improvement works to the A19 south starts this month

Proposed extra lane for A19 pinch point

Proposed extra lane for A19 pinch point

The main improvement works to one of York’s busiest road interchanges, helping to tackle congestion and improve public transport reliability and journey times on the A19 south of York, which over 20,000 vehicles use daily*, starts Monday 11 May.

Full FAQs and plans are available to view at: www.york.gov.uk/A19pinchpoint

The Pinch Point scheme is supported through approximately £2million Department for Transport funding, which City of York Council successfully bid for and secured from a share of a £170 million Government Pinch Point Fund in 2013.

The £2million funding contributes towards the cost of the £4.7m overall project in this area which will help towards supporting local transport schemes that tackle congestion and support growth.
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Improvements to the A19 south near Fulford to start in April

Improvements to one of York’s busiest road interchanges, helping to tackle congestion and improve public transport reliability and journey times on the A19 south of York, which over 20,000 vehicles use daily* ,starts next month.

Proposed extra lane for A19 pinch point

Proposed extra lane for A19 pinch point

Full FAQs and plans are available to view at: www.york.gov.uk/A19pinchpoint

The Pinch Point scheme is supported through approximately £2million Department for Transport funding, which City of York Council successfully bid for and secured from a share of a £170 million Government Pinch Point Fund in 2013.

The £2million funding contributes towards the cost of the £4.7m overall project in this area which will help towards supporting local transport schemes that tackle congestion and support growth.

Improvements to the A19 south will benefit up to 10,000 motorists who use this route daily.

Phase one of the scheme will be split into sub-phases with the first starting week commencing 6 April for approximately four-weeks. This is expected to have minimal impact on traffic and is not located within close proximity to residents.
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£6 million highways repairs programme agreed at another behind closed doors meeting in York

The York council leadership is apparently immune to irony.

Today they have published a programme of road repairs and resurfacing for the forthcoming year. The decision was apparently taken yesterday and published today.

Behind closed doors logo

Despite the critical audit report on the process used to determine priorities (and the criticisms about lack of transparency) it appears that an officer has already decided the list. No agenda or prior notice of the intention to make a decision was published by the Council.

This is even less open than the process used in previous years where an agenda for a Cabinet member decision session was published in advance of the meeting.

The report fails to provide details of the “scores” attributed to each road’s condition and doesn’t indicate which roads were just below the threshold.

A total if nearly £6 million is being spent, although a major chunk of this (over £1.8 million) is being allocated to  street lighting replacements (mainly fitting LED units).

The full list of schemes can be found by clicking here

Highway programme - click to download full list

Highway programme – click to download full list

Resurfacing works: Station Road, Haxby

City of York Council will carry out works to resurface Station Road in Haxby from Monday 30 March.

road works

The works are programmed to take two-weeks to complete, working between the hours of 9am and 5pm, which has been planned to coincide with the school Easter holidays to avoid disruption to the school within the works area.

To carry out the works safely, a temporary full road closure will be in place between the above hours, with some accommodation works taking place outside of these times.
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