Residents searching the Councils web site for the promised monthly update on the Lendal Bridge trial will be disappointed.
Only the September report is available and that is not easy to find.
With footfall down, traders complaining and day time traffic congestion elsewhere in the City at record levels there is a suspicion that data is being “cleansed” before being released into the gaze of Council Taxpayers.
Concern has also been expressed about the speed of some vehicles using the bridge.
As expected, traffic levels are lower now and some drivers are accelerating to the 30 mph speed limit while some visitors are treating the area as an extension to the pedestrian zone.
The Councils evaluation criteria pointedly fails to identify accident levels as one of the statistics for post closure comparison.
The Council would be wise to deploy its 20 mph speed limit signs into this part of the City rather then inflict them on an unwilling population in west York.
Meanwhile the Liberal Democrats in west York have started a survey aimed at finding out whether York residents want the trial closure to continue.