City of York Council have published details of bus diversions that will be in operation during the periods of overnight road closures between 22 November and 7 December, to enable road resurfacing works to be undertaken on Tadcaster Road.
2020 – the last time Tadcaster Road was resurfaced !
Wed 22nd Nov to Fri 24th Nov: The Mount closed overnight 9.30pm-6.00am between Knavesmire Road and Dalton Terrace. Diversions for services 4, 12, 14, 840 and 843 via Knavesmire Rd, Campleshon Rd, Bishopthorpe Rd and Scarcroft Rd.
Sun 26th Nov to Fri 1st Dec: Tadcaster Road closed overnight 9.30pm-6.00am between St Helen’s Road and Knavesmire Road.
Diversions for services 12, 14, 840 and 843 via St Helen’s Rd, Thanet Rd, Gale Lane, Front St, York Rd, Holgate Rd.
Diversion for service 4 via Gale Lane, Front St, York Rd, Holgate Rd, not serving St Helen’s Rd.
Sun 3rd Dec to Thu 7th Dec: Tadcaster Road closed overnight 9.30pm-6.00am between Moor Lane and St Helen’s Road.
Diversions for services 12, 14, 840 and 843 via Moor Lane, Chaloners Rd, Eason View, St Helen’s Rd.
City of York Council has published its highways maintenance programme for 2023/24, available HERE. Decisions about which roads and footpaths are resurfaced are made by council officers, not by councillors.
In Dringhouses & Woodthorpe ward, £211,000 has been allocated for much-needed resurfacing of Moor Lane between the junctions with Cairnborrow and Eden Close.
It is also proposed to resurface a section of the A1237 roundabout at the end of Moor Lane.
A number of roads in the ward that are in very poor condition, such as Acomb Wood Drive, Crummock, Wains Grove, Hob Moor Terrace, Middlethorpe Drive and the Ryecroft Avenue / Acorn Way junction are not listed. There is however an extra £500,000 on its way from Government for pothole repair – this is welcome and will hopefully enable the council to repair potholes that it currently considers to be not worthy of fixing.
In relation to footpaths, ‘slurry sealing’ is proposed for the paths on Ashbourne Way, Acomb Wood Close, Foxton and Skiddaw.
City of York Council will be carrying out road maintenance works at Don Avenue on Wednesday 11th January for one day, weather permitting.
In order to carry out the work safely, the use of stop/go boards will be necessary working on one half of the road at a time, before switching over. All on-street parking will be suspended during the hours of the works for the full duration.
Don Avenue will be closed at the junction with Eason View on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th May for resurfacing work.
The stretch of road just before the junction with Eason View has been in a very poor state for many years.
Council officers decide which roads and footpaths are to be resurfaced, and they have yet to publish the Highways Maintenance Programme for 2022/23 which will list the roads and footpaths that are to receive attention in this financial year.
Government has allocated £2.8m to the council for highways maintenance this year, down from £4m in 2020/21.
City of York Council will be carrying out road resurfacing works on Thanet Road from Monday 19th July for a period of four days (weather permitting). The works will be carried out between 9.15am – 4.00pm.
In order to carry out the work safely the use of a full road closure from, but not including, the junction of Eason View up to, but not including, the junction of Jervis Road will be necessary whilst works are taking place. Diversion routes will be in place for traffic.
All on-street parking will be suspended during the hours of the works for the full duration, but specific access requirements can be arranged by speaking to the site Traffic Management Operatives, who will coordinate with residents around the ongoing work operations.
In addition to the above, kerbing and drainage works will be undertaken on Thursday 15th July for a period of 2 days from 9.00am – 4.00pm. These works will be carried out under local traffic management, will not affect access/egress and the road will be open as normal. Parking will be suspended to enable the works to be undertaken.
Bus Service 4 will not be affected heading towards Acomb, but heading towards York Service 4 will divert via Chaloners Road, Moor Lane and Tadcaster Road.
Emergency services will be permitted through the works in any situation. Cyclists will be required to dismount and push their bikes along the footways.
As with any construction work, there is likely to be a certain amount of disruption and inconvenience to the public. However, the contractor will at all times try to keep any disruption to a minimum.
In Dringhouses & Woodthorpe ward, works are planned on the following roads:
Resurfacing
Tadcaster Road
Hillcrest Gardens
‘Large patching’
St Helens Road (section near the Tadcaster Road junction, already completed)
‘Micro patching’
Wains Road
Lowick
Troutbeck
Overdale Close
Glenridding
Windermere
Bramble Dene
Dringfield Close
Woodthorpe Primary School entrance
The Tadcaster Road resurfacing scheme is carried forward from 2019/20, when it was allocated £633,000. Local councillors have queried why, in the 2020/21 published programme of works, the scheme is listed as having a budget of £560,000 and the extent of the scheme seems to have shrunk from its original scope in the 2019/20 programme (The Horseshoe to St Georges Place) to Ainsty Grove to St Georges Place.
We have received clarification from officers that the total budget available for the Tadcaster Road scheme in 2020/21 remains at £633,000 and the extent of the works will be as per the 2019/20 programme.
No footpath resurfacing works are planned for Dringhouses & Woodthorpe ward, other than those to be funded from the ward capital budget – these are a section of the Little Hob Moor cycle path and the path across Woodthorpe Green linking Summerfield Road and Glenridding.
How does the council decide which roads and paths get resurfaced?
In order to produce the programme of highway works for each year, council officers draw information from a number of sources:
Inspectors undertake an annual visual proactive condition survey of all roads and footways, this in addition to their monthly inspections for reactive maintenance
Digital camera capture condition survey of all roads and footways (GAIST)
United Kingdom Pavement Management System (UKPMS) visual and machine surveys (SCANNER) which records skid resistance.
All of this inspection data is collated by GAIST to produce five condition categories for sections of public highway, being grade 1 (very good), grade 2 (good), grade 3 (fair), grade 4 (poor) and grade 5 (very poor).
The results of the condition survey are available via the council website
Each road and footway is assessed and given a ranking (score) based on a range of criteria, all metrics of the network were collated and a treatment solution determined.
In order to develop a set of schemes in accordance with the best practice promoted by the Department for Transport the council additionally considers criteria such as accident data, traffic levels, footfall, bus frequency, proximity to schools, shopping centres etc. This produces a list of schemes that can be delivered within the budget.
Councillors set the budget, but officers devise the list of schemes (other than ward-funded schemes).
City of York Council will be carrying out carriageway maintenance works at Moor Lane commencing on Monday 24th October for a period of one day (weather permitting).
The site extents are as shown on the plan below. The works will be carried out between 9.15am and 4.00pm.
Moor Lane resurfacing area
The works will consist of resurfacing sections of Moor Lane together with the renewal / adjustment of some carriageway ironwork and the reinstatement of all road markings.
In order to carry out these works safely the use of a temporary road closure from the junction of A1237 Ring Road to the junction with Cairnborrow will be necessary whilst works are taking place. A clearly signed diversion route will be set out for through traffic. Site staff will be on hand to advise and assist residents about the access restrictions once the works are ongoing.
Emergency services will be permitted through the works in any situation.
Action by local Lib Dem councillor Stephen Fenton has resulted in some much-needed road surface patching work being done on Leeside and Ashbourne Way.
Kerbside road repairs on Leeside
A number of potholes have been patched on Ashbourne Way
Over on Tadcaster Road, Stephen has asked for action to be taken on the very poor state of the cycle path at the entrance to Little Hob Moor. Excavation work undertaken on behalf of a utility company has left the area in a real mess, and poses a hazard for pedestrians and cyclists.
Further details have been released on the roadworks on St Helens Road and Thanet Road that are due to take place during the week commencing 16th November.
St Helens Road
Patching repairs to the carriageway are due to be carried out on Friday 20th November, during which time the road will be closed. A diversion route will be in place. Residents have been asked to ensure that cars are parked off road or elsewhere whilst the work is being carried out. The Contractor carrying out the work will be Sanmet.
The map below shows the extent of the patching work.
The area shaded red will patched
Thanet Road
Patching repairs to the carriageway are due to be carried out on Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th November, during which time road closures will be in operation. A diversion route will be in place. Residents have been asked to ensure that cars are parked off road or elsewhere whilst the work is being carried out. The Contractor carrying out the work will be Sanmet.
The map below shows the extent of the patching work.
