Tadcaster Road improvements

The Tadcaster Road scheme is now complete.

Tadcaster Road is one of York’s busiest roads; there's a need to ensure the route can cope with current and future travel demands, in a safe and attractive environment, whilst supporting and encouraging more active or sustainable travel options, such as walking, cycling and using the bus.

The Tadcaster Road improvements will help to:

• reduce congestion
• improve air quality
• improve the health and wellbeing of residents
• improve the quality of the highway so it is fit-for-purpose
• address drainage defects (including 35 non-running gullies and several hundred metres of unmapped drainage)
• deliver improvements to drainage and reduce localised surface water flooding
• additional pedestrian crossings
• improve the route for motorists and cyclists
• support the local economy and the wider area
• ensure the road is maintenance-free for the next 10 years
• make improvements to support and encourage people to walk, cycle and use the bus
• create safer and more attractive routes for people on bikes and on foot

Funding improvements to Tadcaster Road

Funding for the Tadcaster Road improvement scheme came from 2 sources:

1. West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) Transforming Cities Fund - providing £1.4 million to help transform gateways into towns and cities across the region by making it easier to walk, cycle and use public transport
2. Department for Transport Local Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund - providing £5 million of funding to ensure the road is maintenance-free for the next 10 years

Improvements were delivered simultaneously so that disruption to residents, businesses and the users of Tadcaster Road was minimised and overall costs reduced.

Also see

• Roadworks
• Planned roadwork schemes