{"id":710626,"date":"2026-01-21T10:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/710626\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T10:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:32:12","slug":"northern-powergrid-issue-update-on-leeds-road-traffic-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/710626\/","title":{"rendered":"Northern Powergrid issue update on Leeds Road traffic lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Tuesday, 20 January 2026 09:30\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/6683badeb88e4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Temporary works are in place on Leeds Road in Harrogate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Northern Powergrid has provided an update after ongoing issues affecting the traffic lights at the Leeds Road crossroads in Harrogate.\n        <\/p>\n<p data-end=\"60\" data-start=\"0\">Drivers have reported disruption in the area as a result of the fault, which has led to congestion at busy times.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"60\" data-start=\"0\">Engineers have been investigating the problem, which relates to a faulty electricity supply feeding the traffic signal equipment.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"851\" data-start=\"443\">A spokesperson for Northern Powergrid said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-end=\"851\" data-start=\"443\">\u201cWe\u2019re aware of a fault on the traffic lights at the Leeds Road crossroad in Harrogate.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"851\" data-start=\"443\">&#8220;We are planning excavation work this week to repair the faulty service.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"851\" data-start=\"443\">\u201cShould the fault continue, we have contingency plans in place to connect a generator to power the lights and we\u2019re arranging suitable parking arrangements for the generator, should this be required.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-end=\"1121\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"853\">Northern Powergrid has not confirmed how long the repair work is expected to take &#8211; but has advised that further updates will be provided if the situation changes.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1121\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\" data-start=\"853\">Motorists are advised to allow extra time for journeys through the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tuesday, 20 January 2026 09:30 Temporary works are in place on Leeds Road in Harrogate. Northern Powergrid has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":710627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8814],"tags":[39704,748,393,4884,39701,39702,1860,39705,39710,39706,39707,9440,27832,39708,39709,16,15,39703],"class_list":["post-710626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-leeds","tag-boroughbridge","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-great-britain","tag-harrogate","tag-knaresborough","tag-leeds","tag-masham","tag-nick-hancock","tag-otley","tag-pannal","tag-radio","tag-ripon","tag-stray","tag-strayfm","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wetherby"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115932636489062603","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=710626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/710626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/710627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=710626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=710626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=710626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}