The Executive of the City Council met on Tuesday 17th of March and considered a report prepared by the Highways Department on the feasibility of building a village by-pass as the Terry's site is developed. The report stated the following:
"The report responded to each of the points in the Council motion and discussed the wider implications associated with the proposed link road. It described the provision of two sections of link road, from Tadcaster Road to Bishopthorpe Road, at a cost of £6.1m. The results of traffic modelling suggested that there would be some reduction of traffic flows on Tadcaster Road but that the main benefit would come from the redistribution of traffic flowing through Bishopthorpe. It was noted that further work would be necessary to improve the punctuality of the no. 11 bus and that cycle connections could be introduced to reduce the traffic implications and increase access to the new Terry's development. However, the consideration of York's Green Belt would make it difficult to support the proposal in planning terms."
Following the above the Executive took the following decision:
"That the contents of the report be noted and that Officers be instructed to cease any further work on this proposal."
So there you have it, potential traffic problems in Bishopthorpe seem to be of little importance to the City Council's Cabinet.
It has been stated that following a "Survey" little support for such a by-pass was forthcoming, however this so called survey was not conducted by the Council and no statistics on such a survey have been published.
I am still firmly of the opinion that the only way the village can be protected from traffic chaos once the Terry's site is developed is the construction of the by-pass.
A possible spin off from a by-pass was the potential for much needed football fields to serve Bishopthorpe being created alongside.
I have no doubt there will be those people who will rejoice at the decision, there are those people who politicised my efforts to campaign for a by-pass, so at least some some people will be content, I suspect there are many more who like me are very disappointed at the decision..
The loss of a greenfield was in my opinion a small price to pay to preserve the safety of the village and possibly provide much needed football fields.
Time will tell who was on the right lines and in a way I hope my fears of traffic mayhem in Bishopthorpe will prove to be unfounded, but I doubt it.
"The report responded to each of the points in the Council motion and discussed the wider implications associated with the proposed link road. It described the provision of two sections of link road, from Tadcaster Road to Bishopthorpe Road, at a cost of £6.1m. The results of traffic modelling suggested that there would be some reduction of traffic flows on Tadcaster Road but that the main benefit would come from the redistribution of traffic flowing through Bishopthorpe. It was noted that further work would be necessary to improve the punctuality of the no. 11 bus and that cycle connections could be introduced to reduce the traffic implications and increase access to the new Terry's development. However, the consideration of York's Green Belt would make it difficult to support the proposal in planning terms."
Following the above the Executive took the following decision:
"That the contents of the report be noted and that Officers be instructed to cease any further work on this proposal."
So there you have it, potential traffic problems in Bishopthorpe seem to be of little importance to the City Council's Cabinet.
It has been stated that following a "Survey" little support for such a by-pass was forthcoming, however this so called survey was not conducted by the Council and no statistics on such a survey have been published.
I am still firmly of the opinion that the only way the village can be protected from traffic chaos once the Terry's site is developed is the construction of the by-pass.
A possible spin off from a by-pass was the potential for much needed football fields to serve Bishopthorpe being created alongside.
I have no doubt there will be those people who will rejoice at the decision, there are those people who politicised my efforts to campaign for a by-pass, so at least some some people will be content, I suspect there are many more who like me are very disappointed at the decision..
The loss of a greenfield was in my opinion a small price to pay to preserve the safety of the village and possibly provide much needed football fields.
Time will tell who was on the right lines and in a way I hope my fears of traffic mayhem in Bishopthorpe will prove to be unfounded, but I doubt it.
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