You work closely with North Yorkshire Highways Services to help create a more responsive and effective service that can better serve your resident's needs
You can play a role in managing highways and public rights of way within your Parish. As a Parish Council, you can:
- Monitor the condition of highways and public rights of way and report issues such as potholes, obstructions, and maintenance needs to us
- Engage with residents to gather feedback on local highways and rights of way, and promoting their proper use
- Work with us to coordinate efforts for the maintenance and improvement of highways and rights of way
- Initiate and support projects to enhance the local network of highways and rights of way, such as installing signage, improving accessibility, and maintaining paths
- Organise campaigns to educate the public about their rights and responsibilities regarding highways and rights of way
Urgent Highway Issues
If the issue is causing an immediate danger to the safety of road users, it is classed as an emergency. You should contact us by telephone to report an emergency on 0300 131 2 131, rather than using our online form. Our opening hours are Monday and Tuesday 9am to 5pm; Wednesday 9.30am to 5pm; Thursday 9am to 5pm and Friday 9am to 4.30pm. Dial 999 outside office hours for our emergency service.
Non-urgent Highways Issues
To report non-urgent highways or public rights of way issues please let us know by clicking the button below.
If you are unsure how to register or are having sign in issues please contact parishliaison@northyorks.gov.uk
Maintenance
Find out about potholes, road maintenance, gritting, public rights of way and roadworks, visit our website by clicking the button below.
We keep road drains and gullies clean and maintained to prevent flooding. To more information, click the button below.
Gritting
You can see when roads are gritted in North Yorkshire and view our gritting routes by clicking the button below.
We also provide salt heaps and bins for use on roads and footways in severe weather, but not for use on private property.
Your Parish Council can acquire and maintain additional bins at its own expense. Click the button below for more information.
Roadworks
To help share information with your Councillors and residents, use the button below to view roadworks in North Yorkshire and sign up for roadwork alerts.
Safety Inspections
The North Yorkshire Council Highways Safety Inspection Manual was developed with the aim of providing operational guidance to officers involved in undertaking highways safety inspections in order to ensure a consistent county wide approach. Click the button below to view the North Yorkshire Council Highways Safety Inspection Manual.
Weight Restriction Enforcement
Trading Standards enforces priority weight restriction orders on behalf of Highways and works with local communities to maximise the available resources by using community volunteers and Lorrywatch schemes.
Highways sets enforcement priorities. However, if your area has a weight restricted road or bridge which is regularly breached by HGV drivers, we may be able to assist by training volunteers to:
- operate a Lorrywatch scheme through which volunteers monitor driver behaviour and report registration numbers monthly to Trading Standards, which then sends warning and advice letters to vehicle operators to encourage future compliance, or
- maintain observations in a manner which enables evidence to be gathered which could be used in criminal proceedings, including providing that evidence in statement format and being prepared to give evidence in court if required, and passing that evidence to Trading Standards for investigation.
If you would like to discuss these options for your area, please contact consumer.advice@northyorks.gov.uk.