The Parish Council is to pursue the issue of street lighting on Boroughbridge Road after safety concerns raised by villagers.

Last night's PC meeting heard that a light closer to the Claremont Lane end was reported as broken in November but has not been fixed by NYC. It seems, once a light has been reported as broken, it can’t be reported again so the PC Chair, Dean Culshaw, has made a formal complaint to move it forward. To address the area back from that towards Glenroyd Cottages, the Council is investigating low level and low impact lighting that will make things a little safer walking in the dark whilst ensuring minimising stray light.

Among other matters discussed last night were -

Traffic Calming: The council discussed various traffic calming measures and the work recently done with NYC Road Safety around things that can be done within the village. NY Highways visited the village and along with a council member, looked at the various issues that were recently brought up such as sign positioning, white lining and rumble strips etc. Highways will be checking those aspects and scheduling maintenance where they fall into the need for intervention.

There was another discussion about Vehicle Activated Sign systems and where they should be sited. Thanks to the Village Hall’s generous offer to co-fund a pair of VAS systems at each end of the Knaresborough Road within the village, the council will be moving forward with the purchase. The design we’re looking at will capture vehicle speed and numbers data too so we’re looking at posting the information on our website monthly. fmore on this activity as we move forward.

Drop in sessions: The PC discussed ways that we could be more accessible to residents who perhaps might not wish to talk in public or attend the formal meeting and decided to see if the village would like the PC to hold ‘drop in’ sessions. There'll be more detail on this shortly with more information and the idea will be presented formally at the next Annual Meeting .

Traffic lights on future roadworks: The council is looking at ways that we can ensure traffic lights for future works are considered ahead of full road closures. Members of the public are rightly irritated by the constant closing of the Hungate/Boroughbridge Road area given the unsuitability of the ford for all vehicles.

For more details, go to the PC website