Harrogate motorists face weeks of misery as new set of roadworks is ready to begin
Harrogate drivers will face weeks of traffic misery shortly when a series of new road works begins.
One of Harrogate’s arterial routes and regarded as one of the worst for congestion with the exception, perhaps, of Skipton Road, at rush hour it can already take as much as 25 minutes to complete the 1.5 miles journey along Knaresborough Road from the Bogs Lane crossroads to the Empress roundabout.
The traffic jams are not helped by the level crossing at Starbeck railway station which already disrupts the flow of vehicles several times an hour.
Now comes the announcement that, whether through essential work by major utility firms or traffic improvements by North Yorkshire Council’s highways department, there will be roadworks and/or closures over the next seven to eight weeks.
The bad news for motorists comes less than four months after Bogs Lane reopened after being closed to vehicular traffic for 18 months amid a wave of new house building developments in the Kingsley area.
North Yorkshire Council’s roadworks web page shows the following:
Date: September 22
Location: Starbeck High Street
Outside Starbeck Primary School
North Yorkshire Council
Highway Improvement Works
Replace controller & Controller Base/Replace Traffic Signal Heads and detection
Date: October 14-November 18
Location: Starbeck High Street
Northern Gas Networks
Traffic control (multi-way signals)
Utility Repair and Maintenance Works
Date: October -14 November 4
Location: Bogs Lane
Northern Gas Networks
Road closure