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Apr 2024
£1.3m to be spent resurfacing pothole-ridden roads in Harrogate district
Anyone who has driven around the Harrogate district recently will have noted the poor state of the roads, with a prolonged spell of wet weather making the pothole problem worse.
But there are now hopes the situation could finally improve for road users after the government announced that £1.3m previously allocated for the rail scheme HS2 will be spent resurfacing roads in the area including in Knaresborough, Boroughbridge and Ripon.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scrapped the northern leg of HS2 last year and pledged to use money intended for the scheme on improving transport in the north.
Today the Department for Transport has revealed which local authorities across Yorkshire will benefit from the latest tranche of funding for road resurfacing, which it says will result in £991 million in reallocated HS2 funding for the region.
Roads in the Harrogate district that will be resurfaced are below along with how much each set of works will cost:
- Park Row, Knaresborough £128,700.
- C262, Spofforth £111,540.
- Duck Hill, Ripon £130,000.
- Follifoot Lane, Spofforth £85,800.
- Green Lane, Harrogate £243,100.
- Kirkgate, Ripon £130,000.
- Lancaster Park Road, Harrogate £221,000.
- Roecliffe Lane, Boroughbridge £137,280.
- New Road, Sharow £143,000.
- Sharow Lane, Sharow £143,000.
Councils across Yorkshire will now be required to submit quarterly reports from June, announcing work which has taken place over three months.
The government says it means residents will be able to scrutinise the progress of the works as these reports will be published online.
Transport secretary Mark Harper said:
Meanwhile, it was announced last month that North Yorkshire Council will receive £3.5m from HS2 to put on extra buses across 20 different routes.
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