A ROW has erupted between councillors over playgrounds in York. Labour councillors have accused the ruling Liberal Democrats of “quietly dropping” a scheme to fund upgrades to play areas based on how broken down the playgrounds are. They say that the Lib Dems have instead put more cash to upgrading playgrounds in their own constituencies. But the Lib Dems say all councillors, community groups and housing associations were invited to bid for cash from the funding pot, if match funding for the projects could be provided. City of York Council has put £175,000 towards upgrading 29 play areas. Plans were also agreed to spend £150,000 on a survey of all playgrounds to establish which ones were most in need of a revamp. But the plans were dropped and the money was spent on the community bids and extra resurfacing work instead.