Decision details

Engagement with key stakeholders on the Harrogate Cycle Network prioritisation outcomes and emerging priorities; and

commencement of work on the Knaresborough cycle route priorities and inclusion of these as one piece of work alongside the completed Harrogate priorities.

The Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan guidance suggests that stage 5 (prioritisation of improvements) should be shared with relevant stakeholders and time should be taken to collect the views of all parties who may be interested or impacted, with the opportunity given for people to express their views.

Assessing the Knaresborough cycle routes alongside the Harrogate cycle routes presents a broader view of the strategy for cycling within the two towns and better mirrors the original Harrogate Cycling Infrastructure Plan (HCIP) work.

Efforts to improve walking, wheeling and cycling within North Yorkshire align with the Cycling Walking and Investment Strategy (CWIS 1&2), the Gear Change vision and decarbonisation and net zero ambitions

Officers considered using consultants to complete the stage five work but decided to use the expertise available in house to avoid any further consultant charges on the HCIP work.