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Nov 2023
Major roads in Harrogate and Ripon to be resurfaced
Major roads in Ripon and Harrogate are set to be resurfaced as part of additional funding from government.
North Yorkshire Council is set to consider its highways capital programme on Friday (November 24), which outlines how £40.07 million funding from the Department for Transport, will be spent.
The sum was boosted by a further £9 million allocated last week by the national government to tackle road maintenance over the next two years.
Next year's resurfacing programme includes £630,000 for Ripon Market Place, £300,000 for Pannal Ash Road and £582,000 for York Place in Harrogate.
Cllr Keane Duncan, executive councillor for highways, said:
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The plans in Ripon come as have been calling for many years for the sets of paving blocks on Market Place East and Market Place West, which have become damaged and uneven, to be removed and replaced with a tarmac surface.
Cllr Andrew Williams, left, and Cllr Keane Duncan in Ripon Market Place.
Cllr Andrew Williams, who represents the Ripon Minster and Moorside division on North Yorkshire Council, said:
Details on the council’s highways capital programme will be revealed at a later date.
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