Misery for motorists as floods shut A19 (From York Press)
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Misery for motorists as floods shut A19 at Fulford
8:10am Wednesday 2nd January 2013 in News By Dan Bean & Mike Laycock
A19 closed due to flooding
COMMUTERS faced extra delays on their first day back at work today after one of York’s busiest routes was again closed by flooding.
The A19 at Fulford was shut to traffic just hours into the New Year yesterday, with traffic having to enter and leave the city on other routes such as the A1079 Hull Road and Tadcaster Road.
The road was submerged after the River Ouse rose to 4.2 metres above normal summer levels in York following the heavy rain on New Year’s Eve. The river continued rising to about 4.5 metres by last night, and was expected to remain at this level for some time.
Pubs and other properties along Kings Staith were all under water yesterday, with businesses in Tower Street also at increasing risk of being affected as the river rose.
Weathermen said another band of heavy rain was set to cross the region today, although coming days are set to be much drier.
Cawood Bridge, on the B1222 near Selby, was also closed by flooding, and the B1222 York Road, which has been closed between Naburn Village and Naburn Lock Caravan Park since Christmas Eve, remained shut.
City of York Council said river levels were expected to stay high for some time, as there had been a lot of rain in the catchment area. “Therefore we’ll need to keep a close eye on transport tomorrow but currently everything is planned to run as normal,” said a spokesman.
He said about 20 members of staff had been working through the Christmas and New Year holidays on flood and surface water issues.
“These are drawn from our civil engineering and highways maintenance teams,” he said. “There are about 60 of them in total, so about a third have had to work over the holidays.”
In Norton, Mayor Di Keal said the River Derwent had been ‘quite high’ for the last couple of days, leaving residents anxious. “Water levels are still very, very high all over the place, the ground is sodden and rivers are high, it could flood again at any time,” she said.
“The flood defences worked fantastically, thank God we had those, but the surface water problem which can be addressed, needs to be addressed now.”
Comments(13)
yorkguy
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10:12am Wed 2 Jan 13
pedalling paul
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10:14am Wed 2 Jan 13
bob the builder wrote:Time to switch to park & ride (or put a folding bike in the boot)
It gets better next week when the schools go back on Monday, the A19 will be closed, gasworks restart on Bishopthorpe Road and start on Micklegate! Traffic will be tailed back to Tadcaster (the brewery town not the road) as everyone tries to funnel in to York on one road. Why wait till the tax paying workers are back in their miserable jobs... because we wouldn't want to inconvenience the tourist now would we?
xtc
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11:48am Wed 2 Jan 13
rodney'sdog
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11:59am Wed 2 Jan 13
Big Bad Wolf
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12:00pm Wed 2 Jan 13
pedalling paul wrote:Time to switch to park & ride (or put a folding bike in the boot)
bob the builder wrote:Time to switch to park & ride (or put a folding bike in the boot)
It gets better next week when the schools go back on Monday, the A19 will be closed, gasworks restart on Bishopthorpe Road and start on Micklegate! Traffic will be tailed back to Tadcaster (the brewery town not the road) as everyone tries to funnel in to York on one road. Why wait till the tax paying workers are back in their miserable jobs... because we wouldn't want to inconvenience the tourist now would we?
Or get a 4 x 4 that can ford water better?
Garrowby Turnoff
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12:07pm Wed 2 Jan 13
pedalling paul wrote:Wouldn't a rubber dinghy be more useful?
bob the builder wrote:Time to switch to park & ride (or put a folding bike in the boot)
It gets better next week when the schools go back on Monday, the A19 will be closed, gasworks restart on Bishopthorpe Road and start on Micklegate! Traffic will be tailed back to Tadcaster (the brewery town not the road) as everyone tries to funnel in to York on one road. Why wait till the tax paying workers are back in their miserable jobs... because we wouldn't want to inconvenience the tourist now would we?
yorkie71
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12:32pm Wed 2 Jan 13
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Maybe all that bad publicity for the site (flooding and access issues) will have an impact? either way its in the hands of the Council to approve OR remedy A19/Fulford flooding themselves.
Hoofarted
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3:05pm Wed 2 Jan 13
capt spaulding
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4:25pm Wed 2 Jan 13
Hoofarted wrote:It is and if we dare to criticise we get our letters taken down.
This flooding has to be James Alexanders fault!
pedalling paul
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7:38pm Wed 2 Jan 13
Big Bad Wolf wrote:Wot....a 4 x 4 that makes nasty bow waves which slosh into adjoining resident's homes....very unsociable
pedalling paul wrote:Time to switch to park & ride (or put a folding bike in the boot) Or get a 4 x 4 that can ford water better?bob the builder wrote: It gets better next week when the schools go back on Monday, the A19 will be closed, gasworks restart on Bishopthorpe Road and start on Micklegate! Traffic will be tailed back to Tadcaster (the brewery town not the road) as everyone tries to funnel in to York on one road. Why wait till the tax paying workers are back in their miserable jobs... because we wouldn't want to inconvenience the tourist now would we?Time to switch to park & ride (or put a folding bike in the boot)
Magicman!
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3:30am Thu 3 Jan 13
Dpagain
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5:16pm Thu 3 Jan 13
bob the builder says...
9:58am Wed 2 Jan 13