East Riding of Yorkshire Council and its contractor, Galliford Try, are pleased to announce work on Saturday Market’s maintenance scheme will start on Monday, 21 January.
Work had been due to start on Monday, 14 January but was delayed following a meeting of full council, on 9 January, where a question was asked regarding the cobble setts.
Councillor Stephen Parnaby OBE, leader of East Riding of Yorkshire Council, announced that the scheme would be re-phased so that the element of works relating to the setts would be undertaken later on in the project to allow further discussions to take place with interested parties.
Works will be phased to minimise disruption, with the first phases focusing on repairs to the Yorkstone pavements, which will include reuse of existing materials and utilisation of reclaimed Yorkstone to match.
The first phase of works will start in the vicinity of The Grapes Public House and is estimated to take approximately a week and a half to complete. This will then be followed by a second phase of works from The Grapes to Dyer Lane, expected to take three weeks to complete.
Access to the local shops will be maintained throughout the construction works as the thresholds will be undertaken out of normal hours to reduce disruption to both the businesses and customers.
Regular updates will be sent in advance of each phase commencing and it is anticipated that the footway works programme will take until the summer to complete.
