Drivers are being warned of more road closures as work continues on the York Station upgrade this month.
A new phase of work will see a key road closed for several days. There will also be changes for those on foot.
It’s all to facilitate the York Station Gateway project, improving the links to and from the station and adding new public spaces.
These are the key highways changes:
- Queen Street, near York Station, will be closed to traffic from 7pm on Saturday 24th May until 6am on Tuesday 27th May as part of ongoing works to transform the area. This will allow contractor John Sisk & Son to remove and re-lay the road surface to form the new layout.
- The pedestrian crossings around the station will be replaced by a temporary crossing in the coming weeks. The new crossing point will be at the edge of the station portico. The temporary footpath behind where the old bus stops were located remains in place for people to access the new bus stops. Signage will be in place to minimise disruption.
- Night-time lane closures have been requested. The work will take place overnight from Tuesday 6th May to Friday 9th May, between 9pm and 6am each night, finishing in the early hours of Saturday morning.
- During this time the lights at Blossom Street/Queen Street junction will be turned off and temporary four-way lights will be in operation. Access to Queen Street properties, York RI and the NCP car park will be maintained and footpaths will remain open at all times.
The York Station Gateway project is designed to improve the approach to the station for pedestrians and road users, as well as create new public spaces.
Cllr Kate Ravilious, City of York Council executive member for transport, said: “It has been great in recent months to see the area starting to take shape and get a feel for how much improved it will be once work is complete.
“We are very grateful to everyone for their patience and for adapting as work continues. We wanted to give people advanced warning of the upcoming works and we will be sharing much more information, as we have done previously, ahead of the planned road closure.
“York remains open for business and we hope that, as has happened with the previous closures that people will come to enjoy everything York has to offer but plan ahead when travelling to the city centre.”