North Yorkshire Council

Scarborough and Whitby Area Committee

29 November 2024

Providing public vehicular access to Oliver’s Mount

Briefing Note of the Corporate Director of Environment

The Council recognises the importance to the local economy of the motorcycle race events at The Oliver’s Mount race circuit in Scarborough and officers have been working closely with the event organiser to ensure a safe means of access using a strictly controlled traffic management solution and regular geotechnical monitoring surveys.

Recently the council has allocated £780k capital funding to procure a design and build contractor to design a suitable permanent geotechnical design solution to this complex land instability problem. As the design solution is not yet known it is not possible to provide a timescale or cost for delivery however, the allocation of the funding for the design stage illustrates the high importance being given by the council to delivering a solution.

Officers have met with the event organiser earlier this month to discuss the implications for the future of events on Oliver’s Mount and the latest survey information which shows that the traffic management solution that has been successfully implemented during events this year is no longer considered possible going forward.  North Yorkshire Council is actively looking at feasibility of an alternative access route up to the circuit for the public to use on race days when the other roads up to Oliver’s Mount are closed because they form part of the race track.