Coppergate will be closed to all vehicles and cycles from 9.00am on Monday 6 October to 4.00pm on Thursday 9 October, due to works to repair the road surface and pavement along part of the road.
The businesses along the road are all open and pedestrian access to Coppergate is not affected.
City of York Council has written to businesses and residents along Coppergate to advise them of tarmac repair work, which follows requests from local businesses and a series of recent visits to traders along Coppergate to discuss the issues.
While on site, the council will also make a section of the pavement safe by lifting the kerbs and making the pathway level with tarmac, before being replaced with flagstones in the future.
Site staff will be on hand to advise and assist residents and businesses about any access restrictions once the works are ongoing. Businesses have been advised of delivery access which will be accommodated where possible during the works, from the Piccadilly side of Coppergate.
All on-street parking in the working area and close to the works will be suspended at these times. Any specific access requirements may be arranged by speaking to the site traffic management operatives, who will co-ordinate with residents’ and businesses’ requirements around the ongoing construction operations.
Emergency services will always be always permitted through the works.
Delays are expected, so please plan ahead and use public transport, walking and cycling where possible. To help with this, you can sign up for email alerts about roadworks and traffic disruptions. First create an account with One Network. Once signed in, you can select the location, type, and frequency of One Network alerts you wish to receive.
Outside of these works, Coppergate is a bus lane and private vehicle access is restricted between 8.00am and 6.00pm every day.
The works will affect the way we travel. See information for:
Pedestrians and mobility aid users
You can use the pavements along Coppergate as normal.
Cyclists
A dedicated diversion for cyclists has been set up for cyclists, and signs have also been placed at key points to give advance notice of the temporary changes.
The diversiona are signed on site and are shown on the diversion route map.
Bus passengers
A number of bus routes in York use Coppergate as part of their route and will need to be diverted as a result of the temporary road closure.
The following bus services will be on diversion, but using all normal stops:
- Service 6
- Service 10
- Service 11
- Service 12
- Service 13
- Service 14
- Service 840
- Service 843
The following bus services will use different stops:
- Service 9 will not stop on Rougier Street, it will stop at Station Road (stop CE) instead
- Service 10L passengers for the city centre should get off at Low Ousegate. Eastbound runs as normal
- Service 16 coming in to town will terminate at Clifford Street (stop TD) and will not stop on Piccadilly. Passengers going out of town please get on at Clifford Street too
- Service 21 coming in to town will terminate at Clifford Street (stop TD) and will not stop on Piccadilly. Passengers going out of town please get on at Clifford Street too
- Service 24 will not stop on Piccadilly, it will stop at Clifford Street (stop TC) instead
- Service 36/X36 will not stop on Piccadilly. Passengers for the city centre should get off at Low Ousegate
- Service 42 will terminate at the Banana Warehouse (stop PD) instead of on Piccadilly
- Services X45/46/47 passengers for the city centre should get off at Low Ousegate. Eastbound runs as normal
- Services 82, 83, 84 will terminate at the Banana Warehouse (stop PD) instead of on Piccadilly
- Service 412 coming in to town will terminate at Merchantgate (stop PC) and will not stop on Piccadilly
- Service 415 will terminate at the Banana Warehouse (stop PD) instead of on Piccadilly
- Service U1 towards York Rail Station will not use Piccadilly, it will use Clifford Street and Rougier Street where passengers can get off. For journeys towards the University, please get on at Merchantgate as usual
The diversions are signed on site and are shown on the diversion route map.
Drivers
Taxi firms in York have been written to advise them of the diversion.
Private car drivers will need to follow a diversion, which is signed on site and shown on the diversion route map.
Diversion route map
Diversion route map for cycle, driving and bus routes
Cycle, driving and bus routes and diversions are marked as different coloured lines on the map; click an individual route to see more details.
Zoom in (+) or zoom out; (-) or move/drag the map to reveal information; you can also:
- search by street name or postcode
- click a 'feature' to get further information
- click >> or << to reveal or hide the map legend, where you can select which routes you wish to view