PLANS to build an A1 motorway services to create 200 local jobs are to go on show to the public at a fact-finding display.

Bayford Developments is to showcase its 11 hectare scheme dubbed Ripon Services planned for the A1, near Ripon, North Yorkshire.

If approval is granted it is to site the project at the junction of the A1 and the A61 to the north east of the city.

The developer aims to submit proposals to Harrogate Borough Council for debate early next month.

The exhibition is at the Mission Rooms, Baldersby, near Thirsk, on Tuesday (mar 16) between 4pm and 7pm.

There will be Bayford staff to answer questions and maps of the proposal on show.

A questionnaire has also been sent out to locals by Bayford asking for comments on the proposals.

Jonathan Turner, Bayford chief executive, said: "The views of residents on the doorstep are very important to us.

I would therefore urge them to complete one of our questionnaires or attend the exhibition, so they can express their opinions.

We envisage this being broadly on the scale of the existing Wetherby Services and creating about 200 jobs, most of which will be filled by people from the surrounding area."

Copies of the questionnaire can be got from Tim Curran on 01423-564192 or via email at tim.curran@quest-pr.com.