Ilkley congestion

[MitchT]

I was driving to Bolton Abbey last Saturday and, on the outskirts of Ilkley, I noticed a sign saying that work had been done to ease congestion around Ilkley. I had plenty of time to read this sign because I was sat in a long queue of cars. Prior to this work being done the traffic was never queued back this far out of Ilkley. I would reach Booths supermarket, go through the lights, and then meet a short queue of cars leading up to the lights at the cross roads in the centre of Ilkley. Now the queue starts before I've even reached Ben Rhydding.

[BlueMR2]

You wait till they finish the roadworks at the leeds grammar school.

Their going to royally fk up the traffic flow. I think it will actually be pretty dangerous.

[plg101]

The last few weekends have been a bit strange... A59 top road was closed (partially?) for resurfacing for a few weeks from Skipton > Harrogate (not sure which section) and they were diverting through Ilkley.

The Grove in Ilkley has been closed for a couple of weekends for events - all seems to have been in the last month or so....

[elster]

Yes been very poor organisation.

I can't understand why they needed to close roads for so long.

It is not as if Blubberhouses is a quiet route.

The A163 at Bubwith has been closed for 8 weeks.

I mean both these routes need to have LONG diversions.

[telecat]

BlueMR2 said:

You wait till they finish the roadworks at the leeds grammar school.

Their going to royally fk up the traffic flow. I think it will actually be pretty dangerous.

What are they doing there??? If they are diverting traffic left from Alwoodly lane onto Harrogate road to turn lower down to get across to the other side on the lane the planner must be Mad!!!!!!!!!

[BlueMR2]

Yeah, no right turn towards harrogate. You have to go left then do a u turn.

Or go forward, and pull a u turn straight infront of everyone,(well next to all the moms blocking of the road) then turn left on the same set of lights, so no waiting.

But yes, unbelievable incompetence in design imo. Think the paper quoted £1.2 million, to change where the queue is.