Politics ‘It doesn’t need bloomin’ doing’: Council criticised over Scarborough road repairs just months after resurfacing By Anttoni James Numminen, Local Democracy Reporting Service Comment Published 21st Aug 2024, 13:01 BST Updated 21st Aug 2024, 13:02 BST Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.com and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565 Visit Shots! now A Scarborough resident has hit out at ‘unnecessary’ repairs to a road just months after it was resurfaced. North Yorkshire Council finished resurfacing a part of Coldyhill Lane – located off Scalby Road in Scarborough – in June, but by August the council had decided the works had to be redone.
Resident John Forden said there was a “stretch of foot patch just across the road from where I live, around 60ft long, that was resurfaced a few months ago. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Sign up to our daily The Scarborough News Today newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to The Scarborough News, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues.
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. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Notice and Terms of Service apply. “There’s nothing wrong with it but someone in the council has decreed that it’s not quite good enough, so they’re going to have to rip it all up and lay it again,” he added.
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