The mayor of York and North Yorkshire said he was pressing the government on long-awaited improvements to the A64.
A motion will go before North Yorkshire Council’s full council meeting next week asking the authority to write to the mayor asking for confirmation of his support for upgrade work to the A64 between York and Malton.
The need to dual the route from the Hopgrove Roundabout to Barton-Le-Willows has been discussed for a number of years, but successive Conservative and Labour governments have failed to commit funding to the work.
David Skaith said he got “slightly frustrated” about being asked about the A64.
He added:
“I think people feel like if you’re not shouting from the rooftops on a daily basis or going on social media and talking about it, then it means you’re not actually doing anything about it.
“We’ve we raised this from very early on when I first came into post about how important this is.
“It has been around for a very long time. The business case, because of the green book, has never really added up, but obviously we are working with the government to really press the importance.
“But I think we’ve got to be realistic that this is a project that’s been bandied around for many, many decades and we now really need to show why it is an important piece of infrastructure for the North, but understanding that there is only so much money to go around.”
Department of Transport officials say proposals to improve the A64 between Hopgrove Roundabout and Barton-Le-Willows could be considered for possible delivery as part of a future road investment strategy beyond 2031.
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