Decision

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.

Reasons for the decision

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

Alternative options considered

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.