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Nov 2023
Stray Views: £10.8m junction 47 upgrade on A1 was ‘gigantic misuse’ of public money
Letters
Stray Views is a weekly column giving you the chance to have your say on issues affecting the Harrogate district. It is an opinion column and does not reflect the views of the Stray Ferret. Send your views to letters@thestrayferret.co.uk.
Thank you for the article on junction 47. We felt all along that this was a project too far.
At a time when humanity is facing existential crisis due to fossil fuel emissions, we should be slowing traffic down, not trying to speed it up...so the project is a gigantic misuse of public money in our view.
It is on a par with the race to cover fields with inappropriate housing - designed to make profits for developers and their friends in government.
Also, please can we hear what happened to the newts? They really can't expect us to believe that the newt relocation was that costly!
Shan Oakes, Knaresborough
Hospitality firms should contribute to Harrogate Convention Centre’s rebuild
The hotels and restaurants of Harrogate will be disappointed that the loss-making conference centre is not in line for a multi-million pound upgrade.
The rest of us will be relieved that such profligacy is to be avoided.
As the hospitality industry would be the only beneficiary of a new look conference centre I suggest that the hotels, pubs, restaurants and cafes of Harrogate all contribute, on a pro rata basis, towards its rebuild.
Dr Christopher Bennett, Ripon
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A bypass would be more effective in south Harrogate
What is the purpose of the proposed Killinghall bypass road? Is it to take traffic that is going from east/west and getting around town in the shortest way?
If so, the Killinghall idea doesn't make any sense since that isn't where most of the traffic is. Traffic is much worse on the south side of Harrogate.
If the bypass was put in nearer to Pannal and then Beckwithshaw and on to the A59, there would seem to be a better chance to get more of the traffic off the roads.
Fred Hicks, Bilton, Harrogate
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