{"id":370990,"date":"2025-12-25T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T13:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/370990\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T13:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T13:13:11","slug":"repairs-made-as-strange-sausage-forms-on-york-bike-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/370990\/","title":{"rendered":"Repairs made as strange &#8220;sausage&#8221; forms on York bike path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766308990_984_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/281544b0-e0aa-11f0-8516-3db1ae351283.png.webp.webp\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Rob Ainsley A bike path in late autumn where tarmac has been pushed up, creating a raised, twisting ridge along the centre of the trail. Fallen leaves cover the ground, and bare trees line the path.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Rob Ainsley<\/p>\n<p>The odd formation was caused by clay heave, according to the council, which can happen after significant rainfall<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Repairs have been made after a strange ridge appeared on a cycle path thanks to a structural quirk. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Dubbed the &#8220;New Earswick snake&#8221; and &#8220;Bootham Stray sausage&#8221;, the sinuous surface caused cyclists to fall from their bikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">York Cycle Campaign member Rob Ainsley said he had &#8220;never seen anything quite like it&#8221; and reported it to York City Council due to the danger it had been posing over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">The authority said the issue had been caused by clay heave, which can occur when there has been significant rainfall, and confirmed the problem had now been fixed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">Mr Ainsley said: &#8220;In summer, all the ground dried out and there was a huge crack running the length of the path, which was actually very dangerous in itself. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;It was a couple of inches wide and your tyre could easily go down there. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;The council filled it in, problem solved, but of course with all the recent wet weather, the ground on either side has expanded. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;Those two blocks have moved together and they&#8217;ve squashed all the filling out, so you get this bizarre 50m (164ft) long thing that looks like a snake or a black pudding or something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766308990_984_grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 gUePlo hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\"\/><img decoding=\"async\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/42e39a80-e0aa-11f0-8516-3db1ae351283.jpg.webp.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Rob Ainsley An uneven tarmac path in a wooded area, cracked and lifted in several places.\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hLdNfA\"\/>Rob Ainsley<\/p>\n<p>Rob Ainsley says other cyclists came off their bikes due to the &#8220;Bootham Stray sausage&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">While taking photos of the ridge, Mr Ainsley said a cyclist had stopped to say he had been thrown off his bike the night before due to bumping into it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;That path is unlit, if you come off on that hard path in the dark you could really do yourself a mischief and break some bones,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 eZyhnA\">&#8220;I mean it would be funny except it&#8217;s quite dangerous.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rob Ainsley The odd formation was caused by clay heave, according to the council, which can happen after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,784,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-370990","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}