Cycle forum

NB – Monday’s Panorama will now be a programme about the political news in Westminster, programme date rescheduled and TBC.

This Summer Ryedale Cycle Forum were asked to contribute towards a BBC Panorama documentary about road safety in the UK and recent changes to the Highway Code. A few members of the group provided a contribution to the programme, which is due to be aired on BBC One at 8pm on Monday 24th October.

The programme will also be available on the BBC iPlayer after the airing – https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001dj03

Well done to everyone involved.

North Yorkshire County Council’s Sustainable Travel team wants to hear positive stories from people who are committed to walking or cycling so their stories might inspire others.

Find out more:

https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/news/article/share-your-story-how-walking-or-cycling-improves-your-life

An updated document on the progress of this activity has been posted to the Development Wishlist page under the Pickering to Helmsley section.

Ryedale Cycle Forum are working with Kirkbymoorside Environment Group and Kirkbymoorside Town Council on a Crowdfunder appeal to fund the installation of a section of a section of A170 verge path West of Kirkbymoorside – http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/kirkbymoorside-path-for-everyone

20’s plenty speed limits in villages and towns would make cycling safer and more attractive, so helping folks to cut their carbon footprint of travel. 

We hope you can join our next County meeting on Thursday 16th December 2021 at 7.30pm using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5861366730

If you are a supporter whose Parish council has not already passed a motion in support, you can contact your parish/town councillors and parish/town clerk in the same vein.

20s Plenty for North Yorkshire

www.20splenty.org

Ryedale Cycle Forum have previously liaised with Highways England on suggestions for potential improvements to the A64 for safer cycle crossing points between York and Scarborough. An update from H.E. is below. The A64 page on the website details previous areas where improvements have been suggested.

A1 Hazelwood Castle Bridge

Highways England (H.E.) completed a feasibility study and some early preliminary design work on this structure, but the cost estimate is prohibitively expensive. Consequently, this scheme is on hold, although the scheme is considered as a high priority should additional funding become available. Another consequence of this is that H.E. haven’t yet looked in detail at the potential crossing near Barton le Willows.

H.E. recently had a meeting with the major projects team who are generating proposals for the A64 Hopgrove dualling. We discussed a recent small scheme we’d completed near Jinnah restaurant near Harton. From this discussion, the team agreed to incorporate an NMU (non motorised users) bridge in this area in their proposals.

A64 Claxton to Flaxton

This scheme is currently in preliminary design with an outside contractor. The inclusion of the full width cycleway will require some land purchase so once the value of the scheme as a whole is known, we will bid for funding and hopefully deliver it next year. (2022)

H.E are also close to completing the feasibility stage of the A64 NMU phase 2 scheme. Although this scheme is primarily for the benefit of local residents to access bus stop facilities, it proposes the introduction of six further refuge island within the single carriageway A64, some linking to shared use footway / cycleway routes. This also carries the secondary benefit of slowing vehicles and reducing shunt collisions at junctions. This includes the crossing near Scagglethorpe, which I know has been raised as an area of concern in the past.

H.E would like to thank Ryedale Cycle Forum for their input, as this is useful when promoting these improvements. Unfortunately these schemes often take quite a long time to implement.

H.E. are always open to hear the views of all of our customers.

Here are some further useful links https://highwaysengland.co.uk/designated-funds/. The subsequent link to the Designated Funds Expression of Interest Form.