9:14am Friday 3rd September 2010
By Press reporter
NEW traffic signals will be installed at one of York’s busiest junctions over the next few weeks.
The work will see a new signalled pedestrian crossing introduced at the junction of Blossom Street, Micklegate and Queen Street, while measures to make it easier for large vehicles to negotiate the crossing are also on the agenda.
It follows a consultation exercise carried out by City of York Council earlier this year which sought residents’ views on how the junction could be improved and saw proposals for removing traffic lanes to make more room for cyclists being rejected.
The outbound stretch of Queen Street was reduced to one lane from last night to allow the central pedestrian islands on the road and Blossom Street to be removed, with Micklegate being closed to traffic today but the other routes into the junction running normally.
From 6.30pm until midnight today, work on the Queen Street kerbs will also see it cut to a single lane, as it will be between the same times next week, while Micklegate will also be closed between next Monday and Sunday, September 12.
Nunnery Lane will be closed in both directions on Saturday, September 11, and Sunday, September 12, with temporary traffic lights being put in place at the junction.
Blossom Street will become single-lane on its outbound route between September 13 and 15 and reduced to two lanes on its inbound stretch between September 17 and 22.
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