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04
Apr
Main road in Knaresborough to close for resurfacing
A main road in Knaresborough is to close during the evening for resurfacing.
Motorists on Briggate have faced recent delays due to long-term traffic lights caused by the collapse of a section of wall.
Now Cllr Matt Walker, a Liberal Democrat who represents Knaresborough West, has been informed by North Yorkshire Council that resurfacing is due to start at the beginning of May for two-and-a-half weeks.
The road will be closed between 7pm until midnight each evening.
Cllr Walker said it was great the work was finally getting done but it "should not have taken three years of campaigning".
He urged the council to tackle Wetherby Road in the town next:
The council announced yesterday its annual surface dressing programme was due to take place this month and May. It will cost £5 million and cover 142 miles of road,
Surface dressing in Ryedale
It will begin in the Selby area from Beal to Kirkby Whalfe and from mid-April it will incorporate roads in Fewston and Darley in the Harrogate district.
Karl Battersby, the council’s corporate director of environment, said:
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