Moor Lane resurfacing dates confirmed

City of York Council has circulated a letter to residents confirming details of the long-awaited resurfacing of the section of Moor Lane between Cairnborrow and Eden Close.

We reported back in March that the then Lib Dem / Green administration had allocated £211,000 for this work.

The Moor Lane road surface has been in a dire state for some time

The letter to residents (copied below) states that there will be a full road closure between 7pm and 2am from Monday 19 June for a period of 10 week nights, weather permitting. It is proposed to stop planing and other activities of a similar noise level by 11pm, however due to the nature of the works, there will still be some noise between 11pm and 2am.

The letter provides no information about what diversions to bus services will be put in place, with the numbers 12 and 14 affected. Cllr Stephen Fenton has asked council officers to provide information on this.

Resurfacing work progresses

The good weather has allowed the crews to make good progress with the resurfacing work on Tadcaster Road.

Tadcaster Road

We await proposals from council officers about how they plan to take the opportunity to improve safety for cyclists when the road markings are reinstated.

Some much-needed large patching has also been done on Hob Moor Terrace.

Hob Moor Terrace

Big programme of highway resurfacing works announced for Dringhouses and Woodthorpe area

The York Council has announced which roads and footpaths will be resurfaced this year. The programme is the biggest for several years with, in total, £8,091,500 is due to be invested.

This represents an increase of 27% over the previous years budget

Around 100 individual roads are listed for resurfacing.

In the Dringhouses area, the programme includes £1/4 million for work on the following roads and footpaths

Bracken Road Carriageway Dringhouses £81,000
Middlethorpe Grove Carriageway Dringhouses £137,000
Little Hob Moor Cycle path Dringhouses £1,750
Acomb Wood Close Footpath Dringhouses £4,000
Alness Drive Footpath Dringhouses £27,000
Ashbourne Way Footpath Dringhouses £5,000
Deveron Way Footpath Dringhouses £14,000
North Lane Footpath Dringhouses £7,000
Old Moor Lane Footpath Dringhouses £7,120

The full list of streets which will receive attention can be viewed by clicking here

Labour highways maintenance scam revealed.

Labour are planning a “surprise” announcement next month, when they will “reveal” that they will spend an additional £2 million on highways resurfacing during the next financial year.

Highways expenditure Click to enlarge

Highways expenditure Click to enlarge

The announcement will be in response to the pressure, put on them by residents and the Liberal Democrats, who have criticised the cuts made in road and footpath repairs budgets over the last 2 years.

In total, £4 million has been cut from the repairs budget in an attempt to find funding for schemes like the repaving of Kings Square and the, largely unnecessary, £1 million street lamppost replacement programme.

Now Labour – for one year only – hope to return the budget to the £5.5 million level that they inherited from the last LibDem administration.

However, they intend to pay for the programme by borrowing more money. Already residents are facing over £1 million a year extra in interest payments – making Council Tax rises inevitable.

The figures also reveal that investment on de-icing roads and footpaths has fallen by more than half since Labour took over. Fortunately we have – so far – had a mild winter but we may not be so lucky in future years.