Pressure will be kept up to Dual the A64, that's the message from North Yorkshire County Council's transport lead.
The county council’s executive member for highways and transportation, Councillor Keane Duncan, says progress is being made but more needs to be done
Although there is still no firm commitment from the government or National Highways to dual sections of the A64, National Highways is undertaking feasibility work on the section between the end of the A64 York bypass at Hopgrove Roundabout and the start of the dual carriageway section at Barton Hill, near to Castle Howard.
County Councillors were told last week that the Department for Transport update had confirmed that, subject to final approval, a public consultation exercise on the route options between Hopgrove and Barton Hill would be completed by September.
The meeting heard a lengthy consultation time would allow for feedback and responses to be received from some of the many summer visitors using the route as well as from residents and businesses.
As councillors representing many villages near the A64 which become rat-runs when the trunk road becomes congested called for more pressure to be exerted on the government, officers said they expected a preferred route to be confirmed by April next year.
Councillors heard the potential for the A64 scheme to be included in a list of major road building projects starting in 2025 was not guaranteed, but “a lot more positive than it was before”.
The meeting was told the authority was continuing to apply pressure to National Highways to progress the A64 scheme and that planned developments in the southern Ryedale and York area only strengthened the case for dualling the road.
Councillor Keane Duncan confirmed to councillors this week that the authority will keep up the pressure.
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