The cost of repairing the wall on Briggate in Knaresborough is set to reach £200,000 — and require another 10 weeks of roadworks.

A section of the wall collapsed in September and was finally fixed this month after weeks of two-way traffic lights.

North Yorkshire Council had been warned by multiple residents about the state of the wall and Cllr Hannah Gostlow said last year it "could potentially be a risk to life".

A structural report undertaken just two days before the wall collapsed said there was a seven-metre section that should be treated as "high priority".

The section of wall between number 77 and The Wellington Inn is now due to be repaired in the new year.

It means roadworks, and two-way traffic lights, will recommence on January 8 and last for 10 weeks. This will enable work to take down and rebuild some sections of the wall, de-weed the wall and repoint it.

North Yorkshire Council has so far spent £35,000 repairing the collapsed section of wall and £15,000 on temporary traffic lights.

The latest details were revealed by Liberal Democrat councillors Hannah Gostlow and Matt Walker, who represent Knaresborough East and Knaresborough West respectively on the council. They were given the update by a council officer this week.

Cllrs Gostlow and Walker issued a joint press release saying there was a similar situation with a wall on Vicarage Lane that collapsed a few years ago down the side of Knaresborough House.

They blamed "years of under investment in basic infrastructure by the Conservative-led administration" at North Yorkshire Council.

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The councillors said they would ask for a meeting with the council's head of highways to review this case and ensure a similar situation doesn’t happen again.