North Yorkshire's failure to win levelling up funding from the government has been blamed on too many bids chasing too little cash.
834 bids were submitted across the country but only 216 were successful in the latest round of funding.
The leader of the county council says it's disappointing that nearly all of North Yorkshire's bids were rejected.
County Councillor Lindsay Burr is asking the leader to put pressure on the government.
Last month the government revealed the winners of the second Levelling Up Fund round that saw £2.1bn up for grabs.
Several district councils in the county made bids for funding, including £20m to redevelop Harrogate Convention Centre, £20m to advance Scarborough’s station gateway project and £19.9m to improve Malton Station.
North Yorkshire County Council also submitted a £39.3m bid to upgrade Thirsk, Seamer and Scarborough stations.
In total, bids worth £118.4m were made for projects in the county but only Richmondshire District Council received funding, which will see £19m spent regenerating Catterick town centre in prime minister Rishi Sunak’s constituency.
At a full meeting of the county council, Cllr Bryn Griffiths, Liberal Democrat member for Stokesley division, asked Cllr Les why most of the bids in North Yorkshire had failed. He said:
“We don’t seem to be very good at obtaining Levelling Up money do we? Do we know why? What are the reasons? Are our processes wrong or is central government not listening to us?”
Councillor leader - Councillor Carl Les - says the authority doers get feedback from government on the bids.
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