Andy D'Agorne

Connaught Court -haven of tranquility the other side of the wall from the traffic on Fulford Rd/Main St

There's a lot happening on the planning front in York at the moment The RMBI have lodged a last minute appeal against refusal of their plans to develop the open space that separates Fulford from the rest of York. - the development of Derwenthorpe and the University are both about to start, Hungate has been underway for about 6 months (with a planning applicaton soon for the controversial design of the new council HQ), building on the Barbican site will soon start to appear, the Peashome hostel is stalled while they try to find firm ground for the foundations, Germany Beck is delayed by a last ditch bid to register a village green in the line of the access road to the site. Until this is resolved, no work can start on raising the A19 above the flood level and building the access road to serve 700 new homes, and the plan to 'hold back' congestion with bus priority measures will have to wait too. However improvements for cycling and public transport on Fulford Rd are likely to move ahead fairly quickly now that the principles have been agreed. I will be doing my best to make sure I know about the plans before the work starts and that local people do too!