Here come the potholes

The latest period of cold weather has resulted in frost damage to the surfaces of several local roads.

Foxwood Lane – Potholes near Foresters Walk reported

New Lane uneven carriageway reported

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Government’s derisory pothole repair allocation for York

The government has announced that York will be given £120,000 to fill in potholes that have arisen during the floods and winter weather experienced over recent months

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The allocation has been described as derisory as it is less that the £180,000 cut from maintenance funding over the last 2 years.

The Dpt estimates that 2,264 potholes in the City can be filled in using their allocation.

Lethal potholes being ignored by York Council

Ever deepening potholes on the roundabout at the junction of Cornlands Road and Gale lane are causing a major accident risk for cyclists

So far the Council has ignored requests – stretching back to 2012 – for the holes to be made safe.

The Coalition government has recently made an additional £300,000 available to deal with problems potholes like these.

Former Westfield Councillor Andrew Waller has now written to the head of Highways Maintenance at the Council asking for action.

Similar problems with disintegrating speed cushions/tables have also been raised.

NB. The Council earlier in the week agreed to the general introduction of rubber speed cushions.

These have been tested over the last year or so at various locations in the City including part of Askham Lane.

The design is controversial but the decision was taken behind closed doors with no new driver consultation.

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York gets extra £311,253 to fill in 5000 potholes

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The coalition government has allocated York over £300,000 to deal with some of the potholes that blight local roads.

It is estimated that this will allow around 5000 holes to be filled in.

The money is in addition to the £245,719 allocated earlier in the year to repair the worse ravages of the winter weather.

However the central government initiative will do little to address the backlog in highways repairs which has built up over the last two financial years following a decision by the local York Council Labour Leadership to lop a total of £4 million from the highways budgets.

The potholes represents a particular risk for cyclists with highway margin work (the 1 metre band near the highway kerbside) having been given a low priority by the Council over the last 3 years.

Some road humps are also in a particularly poor condition and represent a hazard for all road users.