The 2019 UCI Road World Championships caused the centre of Harrogate, the North Yorkshire town which hosted the finish of the races, to be closed for a month according to a draft report of the event that will be considered by the local council’s overview and scrutiny commission next week.ahead of the meeting and makes a number of recommendations including ensuring greater involvement of local businesses and residents prior to the North Yorkshire hosting large events in the future.
In a foreword to the draft report, Councillor Nick Brown, chair of Harrogate Borough Council’s UCI Task and Finish Group, said: “An important conclusion reached was that there was a common perception that the event effectively closed down the centre of Harrogate not just for the nine days of the UCI but for nearly a month including set up and dismantling and this was considered unacceptable to many residents and businesses in the town.
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