City of York Council has written to businesses and residents along Coppergate to advise them of tarmac repair works in the road outside 8 Coppergate (Coppergate Clinic) in early October.
The work follows requests from local businesses and a series of recent visits to traders along Coppergate to discuss the issues. All businesses will be open as usual during the works and pedestrian access to the Coppergate Centre is not affected.
The work will start at 9.00am on Monday 6 October and the road will be closed until works finish by 4.00pm on Thursday 9 October, weather permitting.
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.
To allow the work to be undertaken safely it will be necessary to close Coppergate to all motor vehicle and cycle traffic for all 4 days. This will have an impact on local bus services and cyclists using Coppergate.
Pedestrian and mobility aid access will be maintained throughout, and the works do not affect pedestrian access to the Coppergate Centre.
A map of the dedicated diversion for cyclists can found on signs that have been placed at key points to give advance notice of the temporary changes. A diversion for vehicles is also in place and signed on site, as well as on the online map.
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
Bus stop changes will be displayed on posters at the Piccadilly stops.
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 within proximity to the works will be suspended at these times, although 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 via Roadworks page. 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.