{"id":5946,"date":"2024-06-01T08:53:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T07:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/?p=5946"},"modified":"2024-06-01T09:55:39","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T08:55:39","slug":"local-councillors-agree-to-fund-design-of-two-cycle-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/2024\/06\/01\/local-councillors-agree-to-fund-design-of-two-cycle-routes\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Councillors Agree to Fund Design of Two Cycle Routes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color:#D06060\">Local Councillors Agree to Fund Design of Two Cycle Routes<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2024-06-01T08:53:53+01:00\">1 June 2024<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/knaresborough-mother-shiptons-cave-2016-700.jpg\" alt=\"High Bridge &amp; Mother Shipton's, Knaresborough\" class=\"wp-image-1967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/knaresborough-mother-shiptons-cave-2016-700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/knaresborough-mother-shiptons-cave-2016-700-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/knaresborough-mother-shiptons-cave-2016-700-600x414.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">High Bridge &amp; Mother Shipton&#8217;s, Knaresborough<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local Councillors agreed to fund the design of two cycle routes on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At <a href=\"https:\/\/edemocracy.northyorks.gov.uk\/documents\/g7863\/Public%20reports%20pack%2030th-May-2024%2010.00%20Harrogate%20and%20Knaresborough%20Area%20Constituency%20Committee.pdf?T=10\">a meeting of the Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough Area Constituency Committee (ACC)<\/a> on 30th May 2024, three priority schemes were put forward to benefit from the ACC Seed Funding Pot. Two of them were designs of cycle routes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The details were <a href=\"https:\/\/harrogatecycleaction.org.uk\/2024\/05\/28\/hk-acc-could-fund-lcwip-route-design\/\">set out by Harrogate Cycle Action<\/a> in advance of the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One is the missing link between High Bridge Knaresborough and the start of a cycle path around 250m further up the A59, and the other is a route from Bilton to Hornbeam Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Knaresborough Missing Link<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/knaresborough-road-cycleway.jpg\" alt=\"A59 Knaresborough Road cycle path\" class=\"wp-image-5951\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/knaresborough-road-cycleway.jpg 735w, https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/knaresborough-road-cycleway-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/knaresborough-road-cycleway-600x429.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A59 Knaresborough Road cycle path<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is already a cycle path by the A59 Knaresborough Road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It goes most of the way from Knaresborough to Harrogate Golf Club near Forest Lane Head, but there is a 250m missing section just above High Bridge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The proposal approved by Councillors on Thursday was to spend \u00a310,000 on a design for the missing link. Construction would cost a further \u00a3300,000 and needs to be funded separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project is regarded as a relatively low-cost opportunity for a quick win. The design will take Align Property Services one month to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just 16 additional cycle trips a day are needed to make it good Value for Money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bilton to Hornbeam Park<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The route from Bilton to Hornbeam Park was identified as a priority in Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough&#8217;s Local Cycling &amp; Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) in 2019, but never progressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The route would be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bilton Lane (20mph and visual narrowing)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Skipton Road (stepped cycle tracks)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>new cycle bridge over the railway<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>stepped one-way cycle track on Dragon Road<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>for cycle travel the other way, Dragon Avenue would be a cycle street<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>roundabout junction with Bower Road cycle-proofed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>stepped cycle tracks either side of East Parade<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Odeon roundabout cycle-proofed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>compact roundabout at the junction of Marlborough Road and Victoria Avenue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>South Park Road<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stray Rein\/St James&#8217;s Drive<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Warwick Crescent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hamilton Avenue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rayleigh Road<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hornbeam Park<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Benefit-Cost Ratio of the Bilton to Hornbeam Park route is 8.49.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It could:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>generate 1,162 extra cycle trips a day<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>save 203,000 car km a year and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>save 17.7 tCO2e a year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The design would take until March 2025, at which point it would be bid-ready. Currently it is only at feasibility\/concept stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Potential sources of funding for both schemes include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the Active Travel Fund (DfT) and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the Local Transport Fund (Mayoral Combined Authority)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Councillors Agree to Fund Design of Two Cycle Routes Local Councillors agreed to fund the design of two cycle routes on Thursday. At a meeting of the Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough Area Constituency Committee (ACC) on 30th May 2024, three<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[129,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-travel","category-north-yorkshire-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5946"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5956,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5946\/revisions\/5956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgehogcycling.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}