Drivers are being warned of a series of temporary road closures across York and surrounding areas as railway, utility and highway works take place.

A number of roads across York and surrounding communities are being temporarily closed for maintenance and infrastructure works.

City of York Council has announced restrictions affecting 11 locations, with works including railway maintenance, water mains repairs, power grid works, telecoms improvements and highway maintenance.

Several closures begann on Monday (Sep 14). Ogleforth in York will be affected by water mains works until Friday (Sep 18), while Willow Bank, between Haxby Road and Hawthorn Terrace North, will close for power grid works until Monday (Sep 21).

Chipstead Walk in Strensall will also be affected by power grid works until Tuesday (Sep 22), while a section of Landing Lane in Haxby will close between 8am and noon on Monday (Sep 14) for water network works.

North Lane in Huntington, between the A64 Malton Road and A1237 York Outer Ring Road, will close overnight for telecoms works from Tuesday (Sep 15) until Thursday (Sep 17).

Other restrictions include:

Tamworth Road, York – closed between 9.30am and 3.30pm on Tuesday (Sep 15) for sewer maintenance.
St Andrewgate, York – closed between 9am and 6pm each day from Wednesday (Sep 16) until Wednesday (Sep 23) for cycle infrastructure works.
Eastfield Lane, Dunnington – an existing closure for drainage mains works has been extended until Friday (Sep 25).
A1237 and Haxby Road – overnight closures are planned between 8pm and 6am from Monday (Sep 21) until Saturday (Sep 26) for highway maintenance.
Monkgate Yard, York – set to close from Monday (Sep 21) until Thursday (Oct 22) for water mains works.

Signed diversion routes will be provided for a number of the closures.

Access for residents and emergency vehicles will generally be maintained where possible, although City of York Council said this will not be possible on Monkgate Yard during the planned works.