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Madeleine Kirk slams Highways Agency delays at Hopgrove roundabout9.00.00am GMT Fri 16th Mar 2007
Cllr.Madeleine Kirk today slammed Highways Agency delays to planned upgrades at the congested Hopgrove roundabouts on York' outer ring road. The roundabouts, which connect the A1237 and A1036 with the A64, are very busy. Work was scheduled to begin in 2007, but due to a Highways Agency decision to withhold funding this cannot now take place. The Agency claims the scheme is now too expensive to be decided locally. If the proposals for the roundabouts have to be decided nationally, improvements could be delayed for many years. Madeleine Kirk said "Local residents in the Strensall and Stockton on Forest areas have been calling for improvements for many years. I am really disappointed that promised funding may now be held up. City of York Council will save its £500,000 planned contribution to the scheme, in the hope the Highways Agency can sort out its internal funding issues. If not, the people of York could face more frustrating delays in the years to come." City of York Council officers are looking at ways to make the scheme cheaper, to enable the Highways Agency to approve the project locally and reinstate the funding.
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