The warm and dry weather has enabled the resurfacing work on Tadcaster Road to get off to a good start.

In response to requests from ward councillors, a member of the council’s Highways team has confirmed that work will be undertaken to try to resolve long-standing issues at two specific junctions on Tadcaster Road (Calcaria Court and Middlethorpe Drive).

The ponding at Calcaria Court was due to dipped and uneven channels which will be relaid, and tree roots have been cut out which were blocking a gulley.

At the junction with Middlethorpe Drive there is blocked highway pipework which had built up over many years due to tree roots in a sewer downstream. Following a site meeting earlier this week, Yorkshire Water has undertaken to fix the problem with the sewer.

Along the full length of the roadworks the council will fully jet and CCTV all of the drains .

When road markings are reinstated following the completion of the works, we would like to see the opportunity taken to make this key route safer and more attractive for cycling.