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Jan
Roecliffe Lane in Boroughbridge is set to be resurfaced this year after residents began a petition about the state of the road.
The £106,000 works are part of a £9.4 million highways improvement scheme announced yesterday for North Yorkshire. The projects will begin by March 2025.
The Stray Ferret frequently reports on concerns about the state of local roads.
Two years ago we highlighted how Boroughbridge Town Council had said it was "deeply concerned" about Roecliffe Lane, which it described as an eyesore and hazard,
This month we reported 150 residents had signed a petition by Roecliffe Lane resident Matthew Paver calling for the road to be fixed. He said his bed shakes in the early hours of the morning because of the rough road surface and HGVs travelling over it.
In its response to Mr Paver's petition, seen by the Stray Ferret, North Yorkshire Council said:
After the council publicly announced the news yesterday, Mr Paver said:
North Yorkshire Council's funding comes from the Department for Transport, which pledged a further £4.7 million in each of the 2023/24 and 2024/25 financial years for new highway maintenance schemes in the county.
Cllr Keane Duncan, the council's executive member for highways and transport who is standing for the Conservatives in May's election to be the first mayor of York and North Yorkshire, said:
The council's corporate director for environment, Karl Battersby, and Cllr Duncan will be asked to authorise additional schemes to the 2023/24 and 2024/25 highways capital annual programmes during a meeting on January 26.
The Stray Ferret has also approached Boroughbridge Town Council for comment.
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