Julian Sturdy

It’s now official - the village of Kexby is in the City of York. Although it was always obvious to villagers, it took council officials several years to acknowledge this by moving the boundary sign.

Julian Sturdy, parliamentary candidate for York Outer, pledged his support after learning of the bureaucratic difficulties faced by villagers following the formation of York as a unitary authority. Although they have being paying their council tax to the City of York for the last 10 years, the council boundary sign has always indicated that the village lay outside the city boundaries.

Mr Sturdy said “I am delighted that the council have finally listened to the local residents of Kexby and moved the boundary sign to its correct location. It is all too easy for communities on the edge of local authority boundaries to be forgotten about and ignored, leading to frustration amongst the local community. I was pleased to be able to work with Kexby Parish Council to achieve a successful outcome for the village.”

Jill Edwards, Chairman of Kexby Parish Council said: “The position of the boundary sign has caused problems in the past as local residents’ bus passes have been refused, with drivers thinking that Kexby was not in the City of York. We are pleased that the council has finally taken up our request and moved the signs. Now that we are finally recognised as part of the City of York, the Parish Council with help from Cllr Jenny Brooks and Julian Sturdy is pushing the highways department to look at introducing a speed limit through the village to try and cut the speed of traffic which races through our village on the A1079.”

Julian added “Other villages along the A1079 outside our council boundary have had speed limits introduced, so I would urge the council’s transport department to look closely at the case for introducing speed limits for Kexby, and also the part of Dunnington village that lies along this busy stretch of the A1079.”

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