If Councillor D’Agorne fully understood the importance of maintaining a transport system he should take on board the lack of maintenance the council is guilty of, which directly causes potholes. The past poor maintenance of road gullies and the lack of grass verge drainage channel clearing leads to water puddling and subsequently freezing. This causes the pot holes, which have become a mammoth job to repair. If Councillor D’Agorne needs to see this first hand I would suggest he rides his bike down Moorlands Road in Skelton and outside Moorlands Nature Reserve. This is a road I note which is not on the list for repair or resurfacing, but has been reported many times.
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Artist s impression of the proposed new St George s Field car park - one of three planned for York It was interesting to read Cllr Crawshaw’s letter (Wait 40 years - then get three car parks at once, February 16). Labour pretends to support the climate emergency, but supports increasing road capacity, and seems opposed to an overall reduction in parking spaces at Castle Gateway. What matters is reducing the number of cars coming into York, not the shape of the car parks! The fact that Labour are trying to hide is that the Castle Gateway project will see an overall reduction in parking spaces within the city centre, even with the new car park. Coupled with the big improvements in cycling delivered for York council under Councillor D’Agorne, Greens with their coalition partners are delivering big improvements here for York.