'Money is spent in Beverley while our roads left to decay'
RESIDENTS in Cottingham are calling for more money to be spent on road maintenance in the village.
Cottingham has several stretches of cracked concrete road which are becoming increasingly hard to drive down.
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cracking up: Residents of Dene Road, Cottingham, are concerned about the state of the road. From left, Councillor Geraldine Mathieson measuring the holes in the road with Ian Carr, Barbara Hoggarth and Councillor Ros Jump. Picture: Jerome Ellerby
Motorists are concerned East Riding Council is spending too much of its maintenance budget on work in Beverley and not enough elsewhere.
Geraldine Mathieson, councillor for Cottingham North, has a concrete road outside her house in Dene Road. She said: "It's been a problem for at least ten years. "The concrete plates have shifted, which has damaged them. We could end up with a hole that's a foot deep when the concrete cracks."
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Cllr Mathieson has been in talks with the Highways Agency and hopes funds for road repairs will be provided in the council's next budget.
She said: "I had a walk around with a highways officer about a fortnight ago.
"He's put in a capital bid but he's waiting."
If the request for funding is unsuccessful, it could be another year before the road is repaired.
The councillor is worried that could be too late.
She said: "It's on the road to Westfield Primary school. A lot of parents come past."
The council hopes to spend £2.5m on removing the cobbles in Beverley's Saturday Market in January.
It claims the stone setts need to be removed to improve disabled access.
But Cllr Mathieson believes money could be better spent.
She said: "Residents all over the county are narked there's so much money being spent on Beverley.
"It's a huge concentration of spending there when that money could be spent on other places that need it more."
The council has also faced opposition to the plans in Beverley and English Heritage advised the council not to remove the setts completely.
Nigel Leighton, director of environment and neighbourhood services at East Riding Council, said: "The council has spent more than £3m on highway maintenance in and around Cottingham over the past three years in order to address a number of issues, including damage caused by recent severe winters.
"A programme for the next financial year is being put together, with roads across the East Riding being assess- ed, including Cottingham, and will be finalised once the council agrees its budget.
"The East Riding has one of the largest highway networks in the country, about 3,500km, and the council is committed to repairing and improving it by targeting resources and prioritising maintenance schemes to areas most affected."
Comments
by Allan87
Friday, January 04 2013, 10:54PM
“Hmm, well are these the same residents that didnt want to become part of a Greater Hull because it would change their little village atmosphere? Now Big Bad Beverley is stealing away their money. What you want, Cottingham Metropolitan Council? Get real, when it comes to Council services, its desnsity that matters and a village doesn't cut it. Your lucky, you may end up with mud roads at this rate”
by anna_lobley3
Friday, January 04 2013, 9:15PM
“Beverley is in desperate need of a revamp as its incredibly dated. I'm glad the cobbles are being moved, they're a flaming death trap. It doesn't matter where the money is spent, there is always going to be people complaining that the money could be better spent in their town. As i driver, I agree that the roads around here are appalling, but they're no worse than anywhere else in the country. You cant please everyone and I'm sure the powers that be have a hard enough job dividing the money up as it is. Don't like what they do don't vote for them. Simple. But we all know whoever is voted in will peeve off someone at some point.”
by AstynomiaKats
Friday, January 04 2013, 7:41PM
“Parnaby OUT”
by currensy
Friday, January 04 2013, 4:41AM
“They will soon start repairing them when the "where theres blame theres a claim" lot get hold of them they will be paying through their teeth for years to come sad people.”
by dontwo
Thursday, January 03 2013, 11:11PM
“Well vote them out then you fools.”
by democracy_now
Thursday, January 03 2013, 6:42PM
“Parnaby and his mob have neglected large parts of the road network in the East Riding for more than a decade, does anybody seriously believe them when they try and blame a few cold or wet winters?”
by beverleybard
Thursday, January 03 2013, 5:10PM
“Haven't you all been paying attention - the money is being spent on the "maintenance" of the setts in Beverley's Saturday market.”
by ooopratt
Thursday, January 03 2013, 3:32PM
“The local mp and tory councillors all got nice driveways i seem to remember.”
by hookbeak
Thursday, January 03 2013, 2:53PM
“it's certainly not being spent on the roads in Beverley - they're atrocious.”
by fairway1
Thursday, January 03 2013, 2:30PM
“The money would be better spent flattening Cottingham. How did that old saying go, about a pigs ear & a silk purse?
As I've said before, Cottingham is a dirty, awful, overcrowded place, consisting of no more than a gypsy camp, some sort of Academy-come-secondary school and a large council estate.
ERYCC simply doesn't have cash to waste on places like Cottingham.”