HOW was York's race traffic plan for you?

That's the question councillors are to ask residents as they prepare to survey 1,500 homes in the Tadcaster Road area.

Ann Reid, Dringhouses councillor and city strategy chief, wants to find out people's views about the way the plan worked during last month's three-day Ebor Festival at York Racecourse.

She said: "The residents closest to Tadcaster Road are very directly affected by race meetings.

"I was out and about on my bike during the three days of the Ebor meeting and arrangements generally seemed to be working well with traffic flowing.

"I am particularly keen to learn how the race traffic plans impacted on different junctions and individual streets.

"The questions I am asking are quite detailed, but residents know better than anyone else if the new arrangements are an improvement on previous years."

Those questions include whether there was increased traffic in people's streets, whether there was more congestion at the Moor Lane roundabout and whether journey times were long in the mornings or evenings.

The results of the survey will be passed back to the council, which will inform the authority's ongoing review of race traffic management. The plan will next be given an outing at the St Leger Festival next Friday and Saturday.

The plan has been the subject of criticism from opposition councillors who fear there will be increased congestion in South Bank during next week's busy two-day meeting.

Coun Reid said: "Of course there was a lot of traffic around for the Ebor race meeting, and it is easy for opposition groups to shout chaos' every time there is a big event in York.

"But what really matters is the view of the local residents. York could not survive as a city without its many visitors, but the Council must continue to minimise the impact these visitors have on the everyday lives of our residents."