Good morning everyone. It's Connor here this morning to try and keep you up to date with all your latest traffic and travel news from across the Harrogate district.

If there’s anything I’ve missed, and only if it is safe to do so, give me a call on 01423 276197.

These blogs are brought to you by The HACS Group.

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9am – Full Update 

That is all from me this morning. I hope you find the blog helpful and have a good weekend. I am heading over to the news deak now but Suzannah will be back with you on Monday morning.

Roads

The roads are starting to become busy this morning, here are the hotspots on our traffic map:

• Wetherby Road in Harrogate, busy between Forest Lane and Empress roundabout


• Skipton Road in Harrogate, busy between Grove Road and Empress roundabout


• High Street in Knaresborough, very busy due to construction works

Road closures:

• Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market


• Pannal Avenue – road closure


• Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion


• Newby Crescent, near Saltergate Junior School – road closure


• Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures


• Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic


• A1(M) junction at Flaxby – road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.


• Savage Yard, Knaresborough – road closure 


• Copgrove to Fish Pond Bridge – road closure and diversion 


• Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton – road closure 


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Reservoir Road, Thrucross – road closure 


• Hall Square, Boroughbridge – road closure 

Temporary lights:

• Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road


• Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge


• Station Road, Pannal


• Whinney Lane near Ashville College


• Rudding Lane, Harrogate


• Wedderburn Road, Woodlands, Harrogate


• Stanhope Drive, Harrogate (behind Halfords)


• Grainbeck Lane, near Killinghall


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Forest Moor Road, Calcutt


• York Road, Goldsborough, at the junction with the A59


• Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane


• Main Street, Staveley


• High Moor Lane to Minskip


• Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge


• Bar Lane, Boroughbridge


• Well House Farm to Kalashandy Warehouse, near Smelthouses


• Lupton Bank, Glasshouses


• Law Lane to Scarah Bank, Bedlam


• Markington to Quarry Track (near Markington Post Office)


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – near Quarry Moor Park


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – at the junction for South Crescent and Shirley Avenue

Trains

• No issues on the Harrogate lines after earlier delays

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


• Due to driver unavailability, the following buses are unable to run today: 08.49 - 1C Harrogate to Carmires, 09.14 - 1C Carmires to Harrogate, 09.56 - 1B Harrogate to Eastfield, 10.22 - 1B Eastfield to Harrogate

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8.30am – Full Update 

Roads

The roads are starting to become busy this morning, here are the hotspots on our traffic map:

• Wetherby Road in Harrogate, busy between Forest Lane and Empress roundabout


• Skipton Road in Harrogate, busy between Grove Road and Empress roundabout


• High Street in Knaresborough, very busy due to construction works

Road closures:

• Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market


• Pannal Avenue – road closure


• Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion


• Newby Crescent, near Saltergate Junior School – road closure


• Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures


• Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic


• A1(M) junction at Flaxby – road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.


• Savage Yard, Knaresborough – road closure 


• Copgrove to Fish Pond Bridge – road closure and diversion 


• Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton – road closure 


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Reservoir Road, Thrucross – road closure 


• Hall Square, Boroughbridge – road closure 

Temporary lights:

• Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road


• Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge


• Station Road, Pannal


• Whinney Lane near Ashville College


• Rudding Lane, Harrogate


• Wedderburn Road, Woodlands, Harrogate


• Stanhope Drive, Harrogate (behind Halfords)


• Grainbeck Lane, near Killinghall


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Forest Moor Road, Calcutt


• York Road, Goldsborough, at the junction with the A59


• Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane


• Main Street, Staveley


• High Moor Lane to Minskip


• Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge


• Bar Lane, Boroughbridge


• Well House Farm to Kalashandy Warehouse, near Smelthouses


• Lupton Bank, Glasshouses


• Law Lane to Scarah Bank, Bedlam


• Markington to Quarry Track (near Markington Post Office)


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – near Quarry Moor Park


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – at the junction for South Crescent and Shirley Avenue

Trains

• No issues on the Harrogate lines after earlier delays

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


• Due to driver unavailability, the following buses are unable to run today: 08.49 - 1C Harrogate to Carmires, 09.14 - 1C Carmires to Harrogate, 09.56 - 1B Harrogate to Eastfield, 10.22 - 1B Eastfield to Harrogate

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8am – Full Update 

Roads

The roads are starting to become busy this morning, here are the hotspots on our traffic map:

• Wetherby Road in Harrogate, busy between Forest Lane and Empress roundabout


• Skipton Road in Harrogate, busy between Grove Road and Empress roundabout

Road closures:

• Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market


• Pannal Avenue – road closure


• Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion


• Newby Crescent, near Saltergate Junior School – road closure


• Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures


• Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic


• A1(M) junction at Flaxby – road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.


• Savage Yard, Knaresborough – road closure 


• Copgrove to Fish Pond Bridge – road closure and diversion 


• Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton – road closure 


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Reservoir Road, Thrucross – road closure 


• Hall Square, Boroughbridge – road closure 

Temporary lights:

• Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road


• Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge


• Station Road, Pannal


• Whinney Lane near Ashville College


• Rudding Lane, Harrogate


• Wedderburn Road, Woodlands, Harrogate


• Stanhope Drive, Harrogate (behind Halfords)


• Grainbeck Lane, near Killinghall


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Forest Moor Road, Calcutt


• York Road, Goldsborough, at the junction with the A59


• Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane


• Main Street, Staveley


• High Moor Lane to Minskip


• Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge


• Bar Lane, Boroughbridge


• Well House Farm to Kalashandy Warehouse, near Smelthouses


• Lupton Bank, Glasshouses


• Law Lane to Scarah Bank, Bedlam


• Markington to Quarry Track (near Markington Post Office)


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – near Quarry Moor Park


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – at the junction for South Crescent and Shirley Avenue

Trains

• No issues on the Harrogate lines after earlier delays

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


• Due to driver unavailability, the following buses are unable to run today: 08.49 - 1C Harrogate to Carmires, 09.14 - 1C Carmires to Harrogate, 09.56 - 1B Harrogate to Eastfield, 10.22 - 1B Eastfield to Harrogate

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7.30am – Full Update 

Roads

The roads are running smoothly so far this morning, but keep checking back as things will likely get busier as the morning goes on.

Road closures:

• Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market


• Pannal Avenue – road closure


• Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion


• Newby Crescent, near Saltergate Junior School – road closure


• Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures


• Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic


• A1(M) junction at Flaxby – road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.


• Savage Yard, Knaresborough – road closure 


• Copgrove to Fish Pond Bridge – road closure and diversion 


• Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton – road closure 


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Reservoir Road, Thrucross – road closure 


• Hall Square, Boroughbridge – road closure 

Temporary lights:

• Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road


• Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge


• Station Road, Pannal


• Whinney Lane near Ashville College


• Rudding Lane, Harrogate


• Wedderburn Road, Woodlands, Harrogate


• Stanhope Drive, Harrogate (behind Halfords)


• Grainbeck Lane, near Killinghall


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Forest Moor Road, Calcutt


• York Road, Goldsborough, at the junction with the A59


• Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane


• Main Street, Staveley


• High Moor Lane to Minskip


• Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge


• Bar Lane, Boroughbridge


• Well House Farm to Kalashandy Warehouse, near Smelthouses


• Lupton Bank, Glasshouses


• Law Lane to Scarah Bank, Bedlam


• Markington to Quarry Track (near Markington Post Office)


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – near Quarry Moor Park


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – at the junction for South Crescent and Shirley Avenue

Trains

• 7.51am Harrogate to York running late - due 7.56am

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

The roads are running smoothly so far this morning, but keep checking back as things will likely get busier as the morning goes on.

Road closures:

• Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market


• Pannal Avenue – road closure


• Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion


• Newby Crescent, near Saltergate Junior School – road closure


• Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures


• Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic


• A1(M) junction at Flaxby – road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.


• Savage Yard, Knaresborough – road closure 


• Copgrove to Fish Pond Bridge – road closure and diversion 


• Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton – road closure 


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Reservoir Road, Thrucross – road closure 


• Hall Square, Boroughbridge – road closure 

Temporary lights:

• Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road


• Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge


• Station Road, Pannal


• Whinney Lane near Ashville College


• Rudding Lane, Harrogate


• Wedderburn Road, Woodlands, Harrogate


• Stanhope Drive, Harrogate (behind Halfords)


• Grainbeck Lane, near Killinghall


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Forest Moor Road, Calcutt


• York Road, Goldsborough, at the junction with the A59


• Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane


• Main Street, Staveley


• High Moor Lane to Minskip


• Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge


• Bar Lane, Boroughbridge


• Well House Farm to Kalashandy Warehouse, near Smelthouses


• Lupton Bank, Glasshouses


• Law Lane to Scarah Bank, Bedlam


• Markington to Quarry Track (near Markington Post Office)


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – near Quarry Moor Park


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – at the junction for South Crescent and Shirley Avenue

Trains

• All trains from Harrogate and Knaresborough look to be running to time

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

The roads are running smoothly so far this morning, but keep checking back as things will likely get busier as the morning goes on.

Road closures:

• Cambridge Street in Harrogate Town centre – closed for the Christmas market


• Pannal Avenue – road closure


• Weeton Lane, Weeton – road closure and diversion


• Newby Crescent, near Saltergate Junior School – road closure


• Bogs Lane and Kingsley Drive, Starbeck – rolling road closures


• Woodfield Road, Harrogate – emergency footpath closure which may impact traffic


• A1(M) junction at Flaxby – road closures on all slip road roads. Work is now set to overrun by at least six months due to the discovery of great crested newts.


• Savage Yard, Knaresborough – road closure 


• Copgrove to Fish Pond Bridge – road closure and diversion 


• Knaresborough Road, Bishop Monkton – road closure 


• Westerns Lane, Markington – road closure


• Reservoir Road, Thrucross – road closure 


• Hall Square, Boroughbridge – road closure 

Temporary lights:

• Otley Road, Harrogate – near Harlow Moor Road


• Westminster Drive, Burn Bridge


• Station Road, Pannal


• Whinney Lane near Ashville College


• Rudding Lane, Harrogate


• Wedderburn Road, Woodlands, Harrogate


• Stanhope Drive, Harrogate (behind Halfords)


• Grainbeck Lane, near Killinghall


• Hollins Lane, Hampsthwaite


• Forest Moor Road, Calcutt


• York Road, Goldsborough, at the junction with the A59


• Boroughbridge Road, near the junction for Farnham Lane


• Main Street, Staveley


• High Moor Lane to Minskip


• Kirkby Hill Moor to Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge


• Bar Lane, Boroughbridge


• Well House Farm to Kalashandy Warehouse, near Smelthouses


• Lupton Bank, Glasshouses


• Law Lane to Scarah Bank, Bedlam


• Markington to Quarry Track (near Markington Post Office)


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – near Quarry Moor Park


• Harrogate Road, Ripon – at the junction for South Crescent and Shirley Avenue

Trains

• All trains from Harrogate and Knaresborough look to be running to time

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