We the undersigned are totally against the Harrogate Station Gateway Project as proposed by North Yorkshire Council and supported by the Harrogate and Knaresborough Area Constituency Committee on 5th May 2023.

Reducing the main A61 road through the centre of the town to a single lane, together with other proposals such as the partial closure of James Street, will hamper access by emergency vehicles, increase congestion and pollution, force cars and all other vehicles onto other roads and have an extremely detrimental effect on both the residential and business areas. The whole premise of the scheme is nonsense and will irreversibly damage Harrogate. 

Those who live and work in the town centre are not being listened to. Our voices must be heard .

As a result we have no confidence in the Highways Executive of North Yorkshire Council and their officers who are leading on the Project.