Weather conditions re improving in York with no major disruptions. Schools are open and public transport running normally
North Yorkshire weather cameras indicate that most roads are passable with care.
The Met office continues to warn about ice on untreated roads.
Community Stadium
The Council are offering salaries of around £35,000 each for 3 managers who will supervise the procurement of the new Community Stadium at Monks Cross.
The Council is only advertising the posts internally at present rather than on their jobs web site*
The stadium now has planning permission but it is likely that the Council will try to let a design/build/manage contract which could mean that the building will not be ready for use until 2016.
The stadium will provide a home for the City’s Football and Rugby League clubs.
*NB. The Council’s job site rather famously now features job descriptions translated into Turkish, Polish and Chinese. A “welcome to York” video also features a Council official who left the Authority over 6 months ago.
The Police have issued this brief update regarding the number of collisions across North Yorkshire and the City of York.
There have been 18 incidents across the county where the severe weather has made driving conditions hazardous or has meant that roads have been blocked for short periods of time.
During the day there have been 19 collisions. The vast majority of these caused vehicle damage, with only three involving minor injuries.
The first occurred at around 8.45am on the A64 near Malton, when a Peugeot travelling on the eastbound carriageway left the road and ended up in a ditch before hitting a road sign. The woman driving the car did not need any treatment as a result of the collision.
At around 8.50am a grey BMW, which had been on the southbound carriageway of the A1, left the roads near to Newby Hall. The man driving the car did not require any medical treatment
There was also a collision involving an articulated lorry which left the B1248 at Wharram, near Malton, at around 9.35am. The man driving the lorry suffered a back injury and was treated at the scene by paramedics.
The Council have received an application for listed building consent to convert part of a garage block behind 292 Tadcaster Road into a home office. The garage is relatively new.
Details of the application can be found here Ref: 13/00026/LBC
Although York continues to escape the worst of the snowfall the met office has issued a warning about a band of heavy snow passing to the west near Leeds.
North Yorkshire weather cameras 0830 hours 21st Jan 2013
North Yorkshire weather cameras indicate that many roads are passable with care although conditions in the Harrogate area are deteriorating.
A Council committee has been looking at the availability of child care including “baby sitting” in the City.
A lot of help and information is available on the web
The Family Information Service (FIS) confirmed that the support available to families to find and access childcare had developed considerably over the last seven years.
A meeting on 29th January will hear Labour’s plans to hive off the Yorkcraft facility on Tadcaster Road.
It seems likely that it will become (another) “social enterprise” organisation in 2015.
The details of the plan are being kept confidential in line with the current Councils fixation with secrecy.
However it seems clear that the core Yorkcraft organisation will be retained with a hybrid system of specialist services such as gardening being developed.
Most roads are clear with public transport running as normal in the City.
The York City football match will go ahead.
North Yorkshire weather cameras indicate that most roads are passable with care.
North Yorks weather cameras 1000 19th Jan 2013
The weather forecast suggests that York may get more snow showers on Sunday with Monday seeing the heaviest falls.
After that clear weather is forecast although temperatures will remain around freezing point.