Locals want new homes to finance bypass

01 November 2007
 
A new bypass, funded by the returns from a housing development, has been proposed in North Yorkshire.

Three local landowners want a housing development of up to 400 homes on the edge of the village of Escrick, south of York on the A19, and say pressure on local roads can be alleviated by a bypass financed by house sales.

They argue the housing development is needed ‘to keep the village alive’, and any possibility of a publicly-funded bypass disappeared when the A19 was de-trunked and the Highways Agency handed over responsibility to North Yorkshire County Council.

North Yorkshire would not be drawn on the landowners’ plans until full details had been provided. It stressed permission for the housing development rested with Selby DC, but said it would work closely with the district council on the transport implications of any proposed development.

Barry Mason, the council’s head of network strategy for highways and transportation, said he was aware of the proposal but the landowners had not contacted the county council.

He added: ‘There has not been any significant pressure from local people for a bypass of Escrick. However, the county council is aware of the road safety and congestion issues on the A19 between York and Selby, which includes Escrick.’

He said a recently-completed study into these issues would be released next month. Charles Forbes-Adam, one of the landowners, told Surveyor a viability study on the financing of the bypass had been commissioned, the results of which were expected in December.

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