With a period of warmer weather starting, residents are being urged to cut back any hedges or trees which may be overgrowing neighbouring properties or public footpaths.
The work needs to be done before the bird nesting season starts in the spring.
Work has started on digging up the Tadcaster Road highway again.
Yesterday workers were ripping up the surface of The Mount prior to moving on down Tadcaster Road.
Initially new gas main pipes will be installed. These will be followed by the new drainage channels which should have been provided in the spring when the carriageway was last dug up.
The scheme can be contrasted with other urgently needed repairs elsewhere in west York.
School Street was reported this week for the umpteenth time only for the Council to respond saying that “no further work is required”
Well not exactly Godzilla vs King Kong but fly posters have gone head to head with graffiti artists to see who can make the biggest mess of the abandoned BT telephone kiosk on Beagle Ridge Drive.
Hopefully BT will remove the kiosk along with the advertising quickly now. They disconnected power to the redundant payphone some 4 weeks ago.
Meanwhile, as possibly befits an upmarket neighbourhood, fly posters have appeared on lampposts near the entrance to the All Saints & Millthorpe schools on The Mount.
They are offering the services of a private tutor. No doubt the teachers at the schools will be thrilled by the development.
Works at the junction of The Mount and Scarcroft Road will resume from Monday 6 January 2020, and are expected to last for up to 4 weeks.
This follows works in October to improve the junction of The Mount, Dalton Terrace and Albemarle Road, and also the junction of The Mount and Scarcroft Road.
The roadworks took longer than planned, so City of York Council is coming back to complete the final stage to refurbish and replace the traffic signals in January. This is to avoid any disruption on the run up to and during the Christmas period.
Works will take place Monday to Friday 9am to 4:30pm and weekends 8am to 4pm. www.york.gov.uk/TheMount
This final stage is estimated to take no more than four weeks to complete.
Traffic management will be in place at the junction during the works and motorists are expected to experience some delays while the works are underway.
They are asked to plan their journey carefully and leave additional time if passing through the area. It is not anticipated that there will be any diversions or suspensions to bus services or stops, however, to allow construction to take place the inbound bus lane will be suspended during the works. It will be also be necessary to suspend some of the on street parking on the cobbles on The Mount during the works and this will be advertised separately.
Controlled pedestrian crossings will be provided during construction to allow pedestrians to cross the road safely. There will be some temporary footway closures in place to allow works to be undertaken, however, full access will be retained to all businesses and properties during construction.
For more information visit: www.york.gov.uk/TheMount
The overrunning road works on The Mount near Dalton Terrace will restart next week. The Council are replacing the traffic signals.
Works will take place Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm and weekends 8am-4pm
Ageing and outdated traffic signals on The Mount are set to be replaced and pedestrian and cycle routes improved by City of York Council this month.
Ageing and outdated traffic signals on The Mount are set to be replaced and pedestrian and cycle routes improved by City of York Council this month.
Works will start on the junction of The Mount / Dalton Terrace / Albemarle Road and The Mount / Scarcroft Road on Monday 7 October and are estimated to take up to seven weeks to complete.
New, more reliable, traffic signals will be installed and improvements will be made to the pedestrian crossing to introduce a new Toucan crossing over Albemarle Road. The eastern pedestrian footway / off road cycle route will also be resurfaced.
The new technology being installed will help to improve journey times and reliability on The Mount and ease congestion in the area.
The new traffic signals will also be cheaper to run and more reliable. It will also enable the new systems to link direct to the council’s Traffic and Control Centre, so that the Network Monitoring Officers can manage the flow of traffic better in busy periods by adjusting traffic lights to best suit traffic conditions.
Work will be carried out weekdays between 9.30am to 4.30pm and on Saturdays and Sundays 8am to 4pm. Temporary signals replicating, as closely as possible, the current operation of the junction will be in place throughout the works.
Works will be suspended between Friday 12 and Saturday 13 October for York races.
During the works it is anticipated that there will be significant delays when travelling through the junction.
A temporary signalised crossing will be provided during construction to allow pedestrians to cross the road safely. Pedestrian route, cycle routes and access to all businesses and properties will be retained throughout the duration of the works.
For more information visit www.york.gov.uk/TheMount
Those using the route are urged to plan ahead, allow more time for journeys and to use public transport where possible. Bus services will be operating as normal for the majority of the. Visit www.itravelyork.info/ for traffic and travel information.
It looks like the road works at the junction of The Mount and Holgate Road will continue until Friday.
The worst delays seem to be on Holgate Road.
Hopefully the work – which involves repairing a sewer pipe – will be completed before eh school holidays finish
Ageing and outdated traffic signals at the junction of Bishopthorpe Road and Scarcroft Road are set to be replaced next month by City of York Council, as part of a scheme to help improve pedestrian access and ease congestion in the area.
The works will include replacing all the ageing traffic signal equipment, creating a new pedestrian crossing on Bishopthorpe Road, removing the small central triangular island on Bishopthorpe Road and widening/resurfacing the footway.
Works will start on Monday 9 September and are estimated to take around four weeks to complete. The hours of working will be 9.30am – 4.30pm, Monday to Friday and 8am to 4pm Saturdays and Sundays.
In order to safely construct part of the work some evening works may be required. Notification of these will be provided in advance.
Works will be suspended between Friday 27 and Sunday 29 September due to the York Balloon Fiesta.
The new technology being installed will help to manage traffic in the area and enable the new systems to link direct to the council’s Traffic and Control Centre, so that Network Monitoring Officers can manage the flow of traffic better in busy periods.
The right turn from Scarcroft Road to Bishopthorpe Road will be closed during the works and diversion routes will be in place.
During the works it is anticipated that all bus services will operate as normal, however there will be delays when travelling through the junction.
The junction will be operating under temporary signals during the works and motorists are expected to experience delays while the works are underway.
City of York Council will carry out essential resurfacing works on three junctions on The Mount. Work will take place on the junctions of Dalton Terrace, Albemarle Road, and Scarcroft Road from Monday 10 November.
The work is programmed to last five days and will take place between 7pm-11pm.
In order to carry out these works safely, temporary road closures of the junctions The Mount/Dalton Terrace, The Mount/Albemarle Rd and The Mount/Scarcroft Rd will be in place. Traffic on The Mount will be managed using two way temporary traffic lights. Work will not be carried out on weekends.
