Labour would have spent over £600,000 less on road repairs
Labour election promise proved to be “bogus”
Official figures have shattered a Labour claim that they would invest more in road repairs in York.
The figures, compiled by Council officials, show that had Labour budget amendments been successful over the last 4 years, then £608,000 less would have been spent on carriageway and footpath resurfacing.
Commenting LibDem Strategy spokesman Steve Galloway said, “Although the Labour amendments were all defeated, the figures do demonstrate quite conclusively that investing in safe highways is not a Labour priority.
They have a nerve claiming otherwise in their election manifesto.
Even the small increase that they proposed for the current year was at the expense of potentially life saving work on providing anti skid surfaces and in repairing York’s car parks”.
The figures show that the Liberal Democrat Council has invested £52 million over the last 6 years in keeping highways and footpaths in good condition.
“We have made progress in dealing with the backlog of repairs inherited from the Labour Council in 2003. The very bad winter hasn’t helped, but we are on target to clear the potholes before the autumn”
Labour election promise proved to be “bogus”
Official figures have shattered a Labour claim that they would invest more in road repairs in York.
The figures, compiled by Council officials, show that had Labour budget amendments been successful over the last 4 years, then £608,000 less would have been spent on carriageway and footpath resurfacing.
Commenting LibDem Strategy spokesman Steve Galloway said, “Although the Labour amendments were all defeated, the figures do demonstrate quite conclusively that investing in safe highways is not a Labour priority.
They have a nerve claiming otherwise in their election manifesto.
Even the small increase that they proposed for the current year was at the expense of potentially life saving work on providing anti skid surfaces and in repairing York’s car parks”.
The figures show that the Liberal Democrat Council has invested £52 million over the last 6 years in keeping highways and footpaths in good condition.
“We have made progress in dealing with the backlog of repairs inherited from the Labour Council in 2003. The very bad winter hasn’t helped, but we are on target to clear the potholes before the autumn”
Highways spend by York Council
