York has added £2.5m of road and pavement repairs this year. The council paper names every street: Hull Road, Tang Hall Lane, Lindsay Avenue, the A1237 and more.
York has added just over £2.5 million of road and pavement repairs to this year’s programme. The biggest single sum, £400,000, goes on resurfacing the A1079 Hull Road between Kexby and Dunnington.
City of York Council announced the extra schemes today. Its release named only areas. The officer decision behind it, signed on 22 October, names every street and the budget for each. It is published on the council’s decision register.
The money comes from the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority. Its cabinet confirmed the Mayoral Transport Fund on 2 October, months after the council had set its own budget. The council’s addendum report says the late confirmation is why some schemes were extended before the paperwork caught up.
The money in three pots
| Programme | Budget |
|---|---|
| Mayoral Road Maintenance Fund (main roads) | £1,100,000 |
| Highway schemes | £926,125 |
| Pavement and active travel schemes | £502,784 |
| Total | £2,528,909 |
The report says these schemes take “the majority of the £2.6m” of extra funding. Anything left over goes into the existing 2026/27 programme.
Main roads: £1.1 million
The Mayor asked for this fund to be spent on the strategic network. The schemes are:
| Scheme | Budget | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| A1079 Hull Road Phase 2 (Kexby to Dunnington) | £400,000 | New resurfacing scheme |
| A1237 at the Askham Bryan / Moor Lane roundabout | £127,000 | New scheme after further survey |
| Jockey Lane | £126,500 | Extension of this year’s scheme |
| A1237 east of the A19 roundabout | £94,500 | New resurfacing scheme |
| A1237 at the Little Hopgrove roundabout approach | £86,000 | New scheme after further survey |
| A19 patching | £80,000 | Extension of this year’s scheme |
| A1079 Hull Road Phase 1 | £80,000 | Extension of this year’s scheme |
| A1237 at the A19 roundabout, west approach | £66,000 | New scheme after further survey |
| Lendal Bridge | £40,000 | Emergency repair after further survey |
Residential roads: £926,125
| Scheme | Budget | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| A1079 Hull Road, Beeswing to Tang Hall Lane | £352,750 | Resurfacing |
| Lindsay Avenue | £152,000 | Resurfacing |
| Outgang Lane | £111,125 | Resurfacing |
| Tang Hall Lane, St Hilda’s Mews to Fifth Avenue | £108,250 | Resurfacing |
| Elvington Lane | £102,000 | Drainage improvements |
| Philadelphia Terrace | £100,000 | Resurfacing |
Pavements and crossings: £502,784
| Scheme | Budget |
|---|---|
| Fifth Avenue, Sixth Avenue to Fourth Avenue | £161,600 |
| Lindsay Avenue tactile crossings | £132,000 |
| Keble Park Crescent | £100,000 |
| North Lane, Wheldrake | £74,552 |
| Delwood | £34,632 |
Lindsay Avenue gets work on both lists, £284,000 in all. Tang Hall gets the road from St Hilda’s Mews to Fifth Avenue and the Fifth Avenue pavements.
What the council and the Mayor said
Councillor Kate Ravilious, the executive member for transport, said: “This has been made possible by the confirmation of funding at a recent Combined Authority Meeting, and we’re acting quickly to get these repairs planned in and completed as soon as possible.”
David Skaith, Mayor of York and North Yorkshire, said the money “gives City of York Council the certainty to act quickly, plan for the future and fill more potholes across the city”.
The backlog behind it
The extra money is small against the size of the problem. The addendum report puts the backlog at £102 million to bring every highway asset in the city to perfect condition.
The council looks after:
- 800km of roads
- 1,000km of footways
- 250km of walking and cycling paths
The Department for Transport’s new rating system gave York amber overall, like most authorities, the report says. York scored green for the extra money it puts in on top of its core funding, and amber for asset condition and best practice.
What it means for you
- No dates yet. The decision does not schedule the works. The report says the programme is meant to be delivered before the end of the financial year, 31 March 2027.
- You will get a letter. The council’s planned highways works page says consultation letters go to residents on every affected street before work starts.
- Some of it may already be done. The report says some main-road extensions were carried out before the funding was confirmed. The council’s release names the recent stretches on the A19 south of Fulford and the A1079 as examples of longer resurfacing.
- Report a pothole through the council’s road and pavement problem form.
Closures will appear on our York roadworks page once dates are set. The A1079 Phase 1 works are covered in our September story.
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