Major Transport Schemes: Proposed Highways in North Yorkshire

Selected proposed significant highways schemes within the boundaries and responsibility of North Yorkshire County Council. The dataset is published via the uk_data platform and was last updated on 2026-07-08. It is provided as a WMS (Web Map Service), indicating it is a geospatial data layer.

Use Cases

• Assess regional infrastructure development based on proposed highways schemes.
• Model traffic flow and future congestion based on planned road network changes.
• Support public consultation and environmental impact assessments for transport projects.
• Analyze spatial distribution of planned capital investments in North Yorkshire.

Strengths

• Focuses on significant, capital-intensive transport schemes, not minor works.
• Spatial data is served via WMS, enabling direct integration with GIS software.
• Explicitly covers schemes under the responsibility of North Yorkshire County Council, clarifying jurisdiction.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

North Yorkshire County Council

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:42.760324; freshness should be verified.

Geography

North Yorkshire, United Kingdom