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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Coldyhill Lane, Scarborough. North Yorkshire Council has confirmed that remedial work is set to be carried out from the end of August. Speaking to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), the highways area manager, Richard Marr, said: “A contractor carried out resurfacing works on Coldyhill Lane in Scarborough in May and June this year.
“However, some of the work is not up to standard and the contractor will be returning to rectify the issues at their cost.” Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Speaking to the LDRS, Mr Forden added: “In my opinion, it just doesn’t need bloomin’ doing. “They’d be far better off spending that money to do the potholes in town, rather than digging up that footpath.
” However, the council emphasised that the cost of the remedial work – which is estimated between £3,000 and £4,000 – would be borne by the contractor. The authority did not specify in what respect the prior work was “not up to standard”. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad According to the council’s website: “Resurfacing is a more extensive structural maintenance treatment which involves digging down and removing the top layer of a worn out road surface, and replacing this with new material.
“Resurfacing is around five times more expensive than surface dressing – 200 miles of roads can be surface dressed for the cost of resurfacing 40 miles.” The highways department said that the contractor was due to return on Tuesday, August 27. Continue Reading Related topics: Council Scarborough Local Democracy Reporting Service Comment Comment Guidelines National World encourages reader discussion on our stories.
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