The Woodlands carriageway funding

John Fareham and John Abbott report that, in common with other proposed carriageway works, the resurfacing of pavements in The Woodlands is likely to be carried over until 2017-18.

We made enquiries after the meeting of Wyke Area Committee at which figures for the overall cost were presented in order to ascertain when the works were likely to be carried out and what stage had been reached with the procedures described in the meeting papers as “investigation”.  We were informed that the officers were currently uncertain as to what budget they would receive for the new financial year and could not therefore comment at this stage as to when they could go ahead.  This is not exactly perfect news but equally it would not be unprecedented for officers to find, late in the financial year, that they had more money left than they thought and needed ways of spending or at least committing it sharpish.  We are therefore not giving up hope and will continue to pursue the matter.