The Council has agreed to introduce additional parking restrictions in the following streets. Click here for background report.

The decisions taken included the following roads:

Bowness Drive Eastholme Drive Junction area. Agreed to advertise No Waiting at any time restrictions

Malton Way Extension of Waiting Restrictions Agreed to extend waiting restrictions on the North side of the carriageway to keep access clear. http://democracy.york.gov.uk/documents/s81012/Malton%20Way%20Extension%20of%20Waiting%20Restrictions.pdf.pdf

Roundhill Link_Oakdale Road Junction Area Agreed to advertise double yellow lines adjacent junctions as a continuation from existing provision

Southolme Drive Eastholme Drive Junction area Agreed to advertise restrictions

Staindale Close Agreed to advertise waiting restrictions in the turning head area

Landalewood Road Agreed to take no action.

Free compost giveaway on Sunday for York residents

In partnership with Yorwaste Ltd free compost is being made available again.

Bring your own bag, container and shover (it is not pre-bagged) and help yourself to some free soil improver for your garden or allotment.

When: On the first Sunday of every month from March until October: 5 May, 2 June, 7 July, 4 August, 1 September, 6 October

Time: 9:30am until 2:30pm or while stocks last

Where: Harewood Whin waste site, Tinker Lane, Wetherby Road, Rufforth, York, Yo23 3RR

Renault taxi bus

A report being considered y the Council on 14th May could mean changes to the regulations governing the seating capacity of taxis in the City.

Full details of the proposals can be read by clicking here

A separate report suggests that more rear access wheelchair accessible vehicles may be also used as taxis in the future

On Bank Holiday Monday, 6 May, the following arrangements will apply for First buses:

Park & Ride services 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9 – Normal Monday service

Main network services 1, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12 & 13 Sunday service

Main network services 11, 14, 15 & 16 No service

The York Community Fund 2013/14 has been launched by Your Consortium to “help fund high-impact projects by community and voluntary groups across the city”.

The fund “brings together a number of existing funding streams from City of York Council for voluntary sector organisations in the city”, and is administered by Your Consortium, a social enterprise specialising in managing grant programmes.

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Just a couple of weeks after announcing that new cycle lockers were to be provided at one of its park and ride sites, the York Council has introduced a new charging regime.

Cycle locker

In the past, commuters who wanted to park and then use a cycle to continue their journey into the City Centre had been able to “rent” a secure locker by providing a £15 key deposit.

A deposit will still be required but in addition a £10 monthly (£100 a year) charge will also be payable.

The Council claims that this will increase the turnover of the lockers.

The Council is also increasing the number of lockers at the sites.

• Rawcliffe Bar – increase from 10 to 20 lockers

• Grimston Bar – increase from 4 to 12 lockers

• Monks Cross – increase from 20 to 30 lockers

• Designer Outlet – provide 10 lockers

In addition to expansion at the existing sites there are proposals to provide 24 lockers at each of the two new Park & Ride sites at Poppleton Bar and Askham Bar. This will provide a total of 120 lockers across the city.

The level of charges will be amongst the highest in the country.

Predictably the decision on introducing the new charges was taken behind closed doors.

No public consultation was undertaken

Development plans near Acomb/Poppleton

The Labour Council’s new Local Plan proposes the following developments:

* Northminster Business Park (west of Acomb) : Research and Development (R&D), light industrial, and storage and distribution. 60,000sq.m/15ha

* York Business Park (East of Acomb): R&D, light industrial, storage and distribution. 14,270/3.5 ha

* Civil Service sports ground on Boroughbridge Road 308 homes (in addition to the 989 planned for the British Sugar site)

Taken together, these developments are the equivalent of building on an area twice the size of Poppleton.

The effect on local traffic congestion levels will be catastrophic.

Dualling of the A1237 is not planned before 2024 at the earliest.

Would-be glass-engravers or book-binders can snap up the last few places left on City of York Council’s taster workshops to be held at York Explore, from Friday 24 to Sunday 26 May.

The six creative ‘Inspirations’ workshops give a flavour of some of the courses on offer and have been organised as part of Adult Learner’s Week which starts on Monday 20 May.

The taster courses in the Inspirations programme are:
• Let’s start Rag-Rugging

• Bookbinding – Concertina books with a modern twist

• Felt Making, contemporary landscapes

• Glass engraving introduction

• Stained glass, sun catchers

• Chinese brush painting.

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The York Police have revealed that another 101 drivers were caught exceeding the speed limit in the York area last week.

The worst roads were Strensall Road in Huntington and Tadcaster Road in Dringhouses. Most of the drivers wee asked to attend a speed awareness course and escaped further penalty

The information can be downloaded from the Police web site by clicking here

The mobile cameras will be in action over the next week at the following locations
• A64 east-bound, Tadcaster
• A64 west-bound, Tadcaster
• Beckfield Lane, York
• Temple Lane, Copmanthorpe, York
• A1036 Tadcaster Road, York
• Main Street, Askham Richard
• A1237 Monks Cross, York
• B1228 Dunnington Lodge, Elvington, York
• York Road, Haxby, York
• Towthorpe Road, Haxby, York
• Greenshaw Drive, Haxby, York
• Murton Way, Murton, York
• Strensall Road, Huntington, York
• The Village, Stockton-on-Forest, York
• A1036 Malton Road, York
• Skipwith Road, Escrick
• Brayton Lane, Brayton, Selby
• A19 Selby Rd, Whitley
• Millfield Lane, Chappel Haddlesley
• Church Lane, Wheldrake
• Millfield Lane, Poppleton, York
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