Drivers in Harrogate are being warned to plan ahead as a busy programme of roadworks are set to get underway in the New Year - including a lengthy closure on Otley Road.
A section of Otley Road will be closed from Monday (5th January) to 15th February 2026 while Northern Powergrid carries out further work on its 33kV electricity network. The scheme will be delivered by contractor Balfour Beatty.
As part of the works, temporary traffic lights will also be installed on the Prince of Wales roundabout, which links Otley Road with Leeds Road, West Park and York Place.
The Otley Road closure is one of several schemes planned across Harrogate and Knaresborough during the early part of 2026.
Temporary traffic lights will be in place on Hookstone Road and Hornbeam Park Avenue between 5th and 16th January, as Northern Powergrid completes work to enable a new electrical connection.
Further disruption is expected from 20th January to 1st March, when Harrogate Spring Water installs new pipework along Oaker Bank.
Rolling temporary traffic lights will be in operation during this period.
Yorkshire Water is also due to carry out overnight sewer desilting works on Kings Road on 19th and 20th January. The road will be closed between 9pm and 6am, with temporary traffic lights in use on Skipton Road at the same time.
A spokesperson for North Yorkshire Council said:
“Accommodating these varied and competing works in the area remains challenging, but it is necessary to facilitate these to ensure the community sees the improvements and repairs needed to the utility infrastructure, such as water and electrics.
“North Yorkshire Council Officers continue to help facilitate the works and are in communication with the applicants to ensure these are delivered effectively on our highway network.
“It should be recognised however that each of the applicants for the works, whether developers or utilities manage and oversee their own contractors and traffic management companies.”
In Knaresborough, temporary lights will be required on Harrogate Road from 5th to 13th January while a new meter is installed.
Quickline is also scheduled to carry out evening works under temporary traffic lights on the same road in early January.
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