North Yorkshire Council say the A59 at Kex Gill could be closed for a few weeks following a landslip this week.
The landslip was a result of the severe weather and significant rainfall in the early hours of Wednesday 1 January 2025.
The A59 runs between Skipton and Harrogate, and the stretch between 'Hardisty Hill to Kex Gill Road' is now closed. A diversion is in place via the A658 (Harrogate to Pool), A660 (Otley) and A65 (Ilkley).
A spokesperson for the council said:
"We have made an initial assessment and discovered we will need to make some repairs to the southern bank of the land adjacent to the road, where there is currently a large amount of loose material.
"Given the predicted bad weather in the next couple of days, we believe this material is also at significant risk of falling into the carriageway.
"We plan on being on-site from Monday 6 January to start to clear the material and stabilise the bank. This could take a few weeks however, if we can, we hope to have the road of opened sooner depending on weather.
"We understand the closure will cause delays to journeys and we would like to reiterate that we are doing all that we can to complete the repair as quickly and as safely as possible."
The council say this closure is not related to the A59 realignment project, which it says is progressing well and is designed to prevent further unplanned and disruptive closures such as this.
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