Another road in York city centre is now closed ready for anti-terror bollards to be installed.
Workers were closing off the entrance to Spurriergate this morning (Monday).
Spurriergate and High Ousegate are scheduled to be closed until Friday 4 August.
The footpath is also shut off. Signs are in place directing pedestrians to cross over Low Ousegate and continue their journey that way.
This is likely to cause a fair amount of disruption over the peak summer holiday period.
It is the next set of ‘hostile vehicle mitigation barrier works’ following the installation of bollards on High Petergate and Lendal.
They were voted in by councillors in November 2021.
Disabled access campaigner Flick Williams has said that some of the new bollards are making it difficult for wheelchair users to get through.
In response, Labour’s executive member for transport, Cllr Pete Kilbane, has been working with council officers to ensure obstructions are removed. He said:
“The design approved by the previous Liberal Democrat Party-Green administration actually built in new barriers to disabled people being able to access the city via the pavement.
“We have already started to address this by relocating sensor stands that were blocking pavements for partially sighted people and users of mobility aids.
“We are trying to unpick the damage that this Liberal Democrat-Green scheme has caused. In so doing officers have engaged with those most adversely affected by new bollards as we don’t want to make a bad situation even worse.
“We are determined to welcome back in to our city centre residents and visitors who were excluded by the previous administration.”
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