Residents are increasingly being forced to take direct action to cut back the weeds and branches that are impeding roads and footpaths in York.
Some Parish Councils are planning to spray or otherwise remove the weeds that have have blighted many parts of York this summer.
The Kexby Parish Council are understood to be considering paying a local farmer to spray the paths and gullies on the A1079.
In parts of west York, which don’t have Parish Councils, residents associations are forming action groups aimed at getting the streets cleaned up.