Melbourne Street - photo from Google Maps. A POPULAR rat run in York is to be closed for more than three weeks. Melbourne Street, which links Cemetery Road with Fulford Road, Fishergate, is to be closed from May 24 to June 18 for footpath and resurfacing works to be carried out. A diversion will be in place, with the route clearly marked for traffic. Here are the other main road closures for York taking place from this week: Black Dike Lane, Upper Poppleton From Monday May 17 to May 28 for fibre broadband works. This affects Black Dike Lane between the junction with the A59 and a location approximately 130 metres west of the junction with Station Road.