A19 Black Swan Crossroads

Black Swan Crossroads Closure - March 2004

This web site is intended to provide information about how to contact various authorities about this crossroad gap closure scheme.

More information will be added as it becomes available. Click here for latest news

North Yorkshire County Council meeting for Hambleton discussing the Black Swan were held on

Monday 15th March 2004

Monday 7th February 2004

Black Swan junction closure was by a temporary experimental traffic order on 19th August 2004

Friday 13th January - Highways Agency finally agrees that a bridge would be a good idea (subject to funding).

Reported in Darlington&Stockton Times article and also the Evening Gazette

The Highways Agency assessment of possible Black Swan bridge designs is online

The deadline to write to Jon Cole at the Highways Agency with formal objections to the closure is 21st February 2004.

View from A19 northbound looking towards the crossroads.

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Some more views of the junction

The "official" access route to Rounton, Appleton Wiske and Welbury from A19S is along 4 miles of 3m narrow single track lane with no designated passing places, soft verges, blind bends and a 14' height restriction. In winter it is never gritted or snow ploughed and it hasn't been properly maintained for more than a decade. Despite these faults the Highways Agency propose to designate this route for access to the villages. Any problems will be North Yorkshire County Council's responsibility. They found a cunning solution to this. All references to Rounton and Welbury were deleted from the A19 southbound. No designated route means they don't have to repair or girt the local roads we are now forced to drive.

Pictures of the back road

Following the recent announcement of closure in a letter from the Highways Agency to Derek Lawton, Chairman of Rountons Parish council.

Here is a list of people that you can write to: NB Formal objections to closure must go to Jon Cole at the Highway Agency

Highways Agency	Autolink	Members of Parliament
Mr Jon Cole Highways Agency, BFO Team (A19) 7(E) City House New Station Street Leeds LS1 4UR email: [email protected]	Mr Eric Tuttin, Autolink Billingham Ind. Estate Haverton Hill Road Billingham TS23 1RX	Rt. Hon. William Hague MP Minster of Parliament (Richmond) House of Commons Westminster SW1A 0AA
	North Yorkshire County Council
Mr Archie Robinson Cheif Executive Highways Agency 123 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9HA	Mr E Hayward, Area 1 Traffic Manager County Hall Northallerton DL7 8AH	Rt. Hon. David Jameson MP Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Department of Transport Great Minster 76 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DR email: [email protected]