City of York Council says Queen Street, near York Railway Station, will be closed to traffic from 7pm on Saturday, May 24 until 6am on Tuesday, May 27 as part of ongoing works to transform the area.
It will allow contractor John Sisk & Son to remove and re-lay the road surface to form the new road layout.
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Meanwhile night-time lane closures have been requested with further work to take place overnight from Tuesday, May 6 to Friday, May 9, between 9pm and 6am each night, finishing in the early hours of Saturday morning. During this time the lights at Blossom Street and 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.
It’s part of the ongoing York Station Gateway scheme, which aims to revamp the area outside the station and is due to be completed later this year.
Work is ongoing on the Station Gateway project in York (Image: CYC) Cllr Kate Ravilious, 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.”
The project is the work of City of York Council, West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Network Rail and LNER and is funded though the West Yorkshire-plus Transport Fund, the Transforming Cities Fund and the UK government.
In coming weeks the pedestrian crossings around the station will be replaced by a temporary crossing. 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.
The council says that further details including travel information for those heading to the station or city centre over the late May bank holiday weekend will be published shortly.
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