Good morning and welcome back to the traffic and travel blog. It’s Leah with you this morning, hoping to help you avoid any problems by road or rail.

Give me a call on 01423 276197 or get in touch on social media if you spot anything on the roads or are waiting for a delayed bus or train.

The morning blogs are brought to you by The HACS Group.

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9am – Full Update 

That is it from me this morning. I will be back with you tomorrow with regular updates from 06:30.

Roads

Traffic is starting to get busier in the Harrogate and Ripon centres, stay updated here.

Traffic Hotspots:

• Knaresborough Road towards the Empress roundabout - 6 minute delay


• Wetherby Road after Junction with Forest Lane - 7 minute delay


• Otley Road - Accident

Traffic is building here:

• Skipton road towards Empress roundabout


• Ripon Road at junction with Skipton Road


• Otley Road towards Prince of Wales roundabout


• Harrogate Bypass near the St James's retail park


• A59 towards Flaxby and J47 of A1


• Leeds Road at junction with Harrogate Road


• York Road, Knaresborough


• North Street, Ripon

Road closures:

• Leeds Road, outside Marks and Spencer – lane closure


• Rossett Park Road – road closure, plus temporary lights on Leadhall Lane


• Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure


• Chestnut Grove, the road rear of Chestnut Grove, and Birch Grove, Bilton – road closure


• Whiteley Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure


• Lands Lane, Knaresborough – road closure


• Copgrove Road, Burton Leonard – road closure


• Luncarr Lane, Copt Henwick – road closure from 08:00


• Queen Street, Ripon – road closure


• B6265 Bishopton to Eavestone – road closure. Diversions through Ripon, Glasshouses and Ripley


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Main Street to Tanfield Bridge, West Tanfield – road closure

Temporary lights:

• Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green


• Ripon Road in Harrogate, near McCarthy’s Storage World


• Green Lane at the junction with Rossett Avenue


• Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road


• Wayside Crescent just off Wetherby Road, near Harrogate Town football ground


• Hawthorne Avenue in Hookstone Chase


• Station Bridge in the town centre


• Parliament Terrace in central Harrogate, near Five Guys


• Ripon Road near Co-op petrol station


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Fisher Street, Knaresborough


• Thistle Hill, Knaresborough


• Blands Hill, Knaresborough


• Boroughbridge Road, near Farnham Lane


• A59 York Road, near Manse Lane


• Allerton Park Interchange, at the Flaxby junction of the A1(M)


• Bondgate Green, Ripon


• Leaming Lane, between Langthorpe and Kirby Hill

Trains

Buses

• Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds.

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8.30am – Full Update 

Roads

Traffic is starting to get busier in the Harrogate and Ripon centres, stay updated here.

Traffic Hotspots:

• Knaresborough Road towards the Empress roundabout - 6 minute delay


• Wetherby Road after Junction with Forest Lane - 7 minute delay

Traffic is building here:

• Skipton road towards Empress roundabout


• Ripon Road at junction with Skipton Road


• Otley Road towards Prince of Wales roundabout


• Harrogate Bypass near the St James's retail park


• A59 towards Flaxby and J47 of A1


• Leeds Road at junction with Harrogate Road


• York Road, Knaresborough


• North Street, Ripon

Road closures:

• Leeds Road, outside Marks and Spencer – lane closure


• Rossett Park Road – road closure, plus temporary lights on Leadhall Lane


• Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure


• Chestnut Grove, the road rear of Chestnut Grove, and Birch Grove, Bilton – road closure


• Whiteley Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure


• Lands Lane, Knaresborough – road closure


• Copgrove Road, Burton Leonard – road closure


• Luncarr Lane, Copt Henwick – road closure from 08:00


• Queen Street, Ripon – road closure


• B6265 Bishopton to Eavestone – road closure. Diversions through Ripon, Glasshouses and Ripley


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Main Street to Tanfield Bridge, West Tanfield – road closure

Temporary lights:

• Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green


• Ripon Road in Harrogate, near McCarthy’s Storage World


• Green Lane at the junction with Rossett Avenue


• Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road


• Wayside Crescent just off Wetherby Road, near Harrogate Town football ground


• Hawthorne Avenue in Hookstone Chase


• Station Bridge in the town centre


• Parliament Terrace in central Harrogate, near Five Guys


• Ripon Road near Co-op petrol station


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Fisher Street, Knaresborough


• Thistle Hill, Knaresborough


• Blands Hill, Knaresborough


• Boroughbridge Road, near Farnham Lane


• A59 York Road, near Manse Lane


• Allerton Park Interchange, at the Flaxby junction of the A1(M)


• Bondgate Green, Ripon


• Leaming Lane, between Langthorpe and Kirby Hill

Trains

Buses

• Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds.

 

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8am – Full Update 

Roads

Traffic is starting to get busier in the Harrogate and Ripon centres, stay updated here.

Traffic is building here:

• Wetherby Road between Kestrel roundabout and Empress roundabout


• Skipton road towards Empress roundabout


• Ripon Road at junction with Skipton Road


• Otley Road towards Prince of Wales roundabout


• Harrogate Bypass near the St James's retail park


• A59 towards Flaxby and J47 of A1


• Knaresborough Rod, Starbeck


• Leeds Road at junction with Harrogate Road

Road closures:

• Leeds Road, outside Marks and Spencer – lane closure


• Rossett Park Road – road closure, plus temporary lights on Leadhall Lane


• Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure


• Chestnut Grove, the road rear of Chestnut Grove, and Birch Grove, Bilton – road closure


• Whiteley Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure


• Lands Lane, Knaresborough – road closure


• Copgrove Road, Burton Leonard – road closure


• Luncarr Lane, Copt Henwick – road closure from 08:00


• Queen Street, Ripon – road closure


• B6265 Bishopton to Eavestone – road closure. Diversions through Ripon, Glasshouses and Ripley


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Main Street to Tanfield Bridge, West Tanfield – road closure

Temporary lights:

• Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green


• Ripon Road in Harrogate, near McCarthy’s Storage World


• Green Lane at the junction with Rossett Avenue


• Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road


• Wayside Crescent just off Wetherby Road, near Harrogate Town football ground


• Hawthorne Avenue in Hookstone Chase


• Station Bridge in the town centre


• Parliament Terrace in central Harrogate, near Five Guys


• Ripon Road near Co-op petrol station


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Fisher Street, Knaresborough


• Thistle Hill, Knaresborough


• Blands Hill, Knaresborough


• Boroughbridge Road, near Farnham Lane


• A59 York Road, near Manse Lane


• Allerton Park Interchange, at the Flaxby junction of the A1(M)


• Bondgate Green, Ripon


• Leaming Lane, between Langthorpe and Kirby Hill

Trains

Buses

• Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds.

 

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7.30am – Full Update 

Roads

Traffic is starting to get busier in the Harrogate and Ripon centres, stay updated here.

Road closures:

• Leeds Road, outside Marks and Spencer – lane closure


• Rossett Park Road – road closure, plus temporary lights on Leadhall Lane


• Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure


• Chestnut Grove, the road rear of Chestnut Grove, and Birch Grove, Bilton – road closure


• Whiteley Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure


• Lands Lane, Knaresborough – road closure


• Copgrove Road, Burton Leonard – road closure


• Luncarr Lane, Copt Henwick – road closure from 08:00


• Queen Street, Ripon – road closure


• B6265 Bishopton to Eavestone – road closure. Diversions through Ripon, Glasshouses and Ripley


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Main Street to Tanfield Bridge, West Tanfield – road closure

Temporary lights:

• Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green


• Ripon Road in Harrogate, near McCarthy’s Storage World


• Green Lane at the junction with Rossett Avenue


• Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road


• Wayside Crescent just off Wetherby Road, near Harrogate Town football ground


• Hawthorne Avenue in Hookstone Chase


• Station Bridge in the town centre


• Parliament Terrace in central Harrogate, near Five Guys


• Ripon Road near Co-op petrol station


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Fisher Street, Knaresborough


• Thistle Hill, Knaresborough


• Blands Hill, Knaresborough


• Boroughbridge Road, near Farnham Lane


• A59 York Road, near Manse Lane


• Allerton Park Interchange, at the Flaxby junction of the A1(M)


• Bondgate Green, Ripon


• Leaming Lane, between Langthorpe and Kirby Hill

Trains

Buses

• Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds.

 

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7am – Full Update 

Roads

Otley Road is likely to be particularly busy as work has started on a new cycle route near Harlow Moor Road.

Road closures:

• Leeds Road, outside Marks and Spencer – lane closure


• Rossett Park Road – road closure, plus temporary lights on Leadhall Lane


• Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure


• Chestnut Grove, the road rear of Chestnut Grove, and Birch Grove, Bilton – road closure


• Whiteley Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure


• Lands Lane, Knaresborough – road closure


• Copgrove Road, Burton Leonard – road closure


• Luncarr Lane, Copt Henwick – road closure from 08:00


• Queen Street, Ripon – road closure


• B6265 Bishopton to Eavestone – road closure. Diversions through Ripon, Glasshouses and Ripley


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Main Street to Tanfield Bridge, West Tanfield – road closure

Temporary lights:

• Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green


• Ripon Road in Harrogate, near McCarthy’s Storage World


• Green Lane at the junction with Rossett Avenue


• Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road


• Wayside Crescent just off Wetherby Road, near Harrogate Town football ground


• Hawthorne Avenue in Hookstone Chase


• Station Bridge in the town centre


• Parliament Terrace in central Harrogate, near Five Guys


• Ripon Road near Co-op petrol station


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Fisher Street, Knaresborough


• Thistle Hill, Knaresborough


• Blands Hill, Knaresborough


• Boroughbridge Road, near Farnham Lane


• A59 York Road, near Manse Lane


• Allerton Park Interchange, at the Flaxby junction of the A1(M)


• Bondgate Green, Ripon


• Leaming Lane, between Langthorpe and Kirby Hill

Trains

Buses

• Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds.

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6:30am – Full Update 

Roads

Otley Road is likely to be particularly busy as work has started on a new cycle route near Harlow Moor Road.

Road closures:

• Leeds Road, outside Marks and Spencer – lane closure


• Rossett Park Road – road closure, plus temporary lights on Leadhall Lane


• Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – road closure


• Chestnut Grove, the road rear of Chestnut Grove, and Birch Grove, Bilton – road closure


• Whiteley Yard, Knaresborough, across from The Crown Inn – road closure


• Lands Lane, Knaresborough – road closure


• Copgrove Road, Burton Leonard – road closure


• Luncarr Lane, Copt Henwick – road closure from 08:00


• Queen Street, Ripon – road closure


• B6265 Bishopton to Eavestone – road closure. Diversions through Ripon, Glasshouses and Ripley


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Main Street to Tanfield Bridge, West Tanfield – road closure

Temporary lights:

• Leadhall Lane in Rossett Green


• Ripon Road in Harrogate, near McCarthy’s Storage World


• Green Lane at the junction with Rossett Avenue


• Otley Road around the junctions for Cold Bath Road and Harlow Moor Road


• Wayside Crescent just off Wetherby Road, near Harrogate Town football ground


• Hawthorne Avenue in Hookstone Chase


• Station Bridge in the town centre


• Parliament Terrace in central Harrogate, near Five Guys


• Ripon Road near Co-op petrol station


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Fisher Street, Knaresborough


• Thistle Hill, Knaresborough


• Blands Hill, Knaresborough


• Boroughbridge Road, near Farnham Lane


• A59 York Road, near Manse Lane


• Allerton Park Interchange, at the Flaxby junction of the A1(M)


• Bondgate Green, Ripon

Trains

Buses

• Harrogate Bus Company is running a reduced timetable due to driver availability. The 36 bus will run every 30 mins between Harrogate & Ripon, and every 15 mins between Harrogate & Leeds.