The coalition government has acted to address the declining quality of roads and foot paths in York.

Problems have been increasing since the Labour controlled Council, announced a £2.6 million reduction in the highways maintenance budget (56%) in February 2012.

Now the City will get a boost of nearly £500,000 over the next 2 years. See http://tinyurl.com/York-highways-grant

The funding will not return investment levels to those seen when the LibDems were in control of the York Council but it should help to address the deterioration evident on some roads.

The roads that will benefit are not yet known and eyes will be turned to the Councils own resurfacing budget which may still be subject to further cuts.