More than 1,000 people have shared their views on a busy section of the A64 east of York, but there’s still time to give your feedback.
National Highways is keen to understand the experiences and views of people who live near the Hopgrove junction or use the route between there and Barton-le-Willows.
At the end of October it launched an online survey to give road users an opportunity to feed in their views on topics such as congestion, air quality, safety, improving the local economy, the environment and more.
That feedback will help the government-owned company prepare a business case for improvements to the Department for Transport.
Hopgrove is one of 32 projects being considered around the country for potential construction beyond 2025, each of which need to undergo scrutiny at several stages to ensure value for taxpayers’ money.
As part of the process of securing government funding, a business case for all projects must be submitted to the Department for Transport (DfT). This helps the department decide which schemes can progress to statutory public consultation and ultimately secure funding. There is no commitment from the government to develop this scheme beyond this current stage.
National Highways Project Manager Jim Brown said:
“We are really pleased with the level of response to the survey so far. People have been telling us the issues they face on this section of the A64 and the impact it has on them, whether that be the running of their business or their family lives.
“It’s very valuable feedback but it’s not too late for more to be submitted and we’d urge as many people as possible to have their say.”
Tom Paul, Chair of the A64 Growth Partnership which includes employers, public sector organisations, local councils, MPs, businesses and the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Enterprise Partnership, is also keen for people to feed back their comments on the route.
He said:
“An upgrade of this route will contribute significantly to the growth of our region. We and others have been actively giving our input to National Highways on how improvements to the A64 will enable a stronger future for our economy for a number of years.“Now there is a real opportunity for people to contribute to the business case for changes to be made between Hopgrove and Barton-le-Willows and I urge people to take part in the survey before it closes next weekend.
“A positive decision to proceed with this A64 improvement scheme will play a major part in the regeneration of our region.”
The online survey closes at 11.59pm on Sunday, 21 November and can be found at www.nationalhighways.co.uk/A64Hopgrove
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