The first phase of works to improve Bishopthorpe Road will begin on Monday (August 3) until Thursday (August 13). Recommended reading:Work will also replace ageing traffic lights and improve the street’s drainage, City of York Council has confirmed. Ruth Thomlinson, owner of Easy Street, a local skate and lifestyle shop, said: “I’m welcoming the work to replace the traffic lights. Ruth’s business and those along the road will remain open as usual throughout the works. He said stock deliveries will be able to stop in Nunnery Road, just outside his shop, and wound be “easy to get around”.