Repairs threatened in Kirklees funding row

12 October 2006

A political row in Kirklees threatened to halt all road maintenance after opposition councillors claimed millions of pounds in additional road improvement funding was being redirected to Tory-held wards.
Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council agreed on 28 June to ‘increase provision for improvements to estate roads, pavements and streetlighting by £4M over the two years 2006/07 to 2007/08’, and this was added into the Highways Capital Plan. The plan identified roads most in need of repair, and a list of priorities was drawn up and the work was ready to go ahead.
However, the Conservative administration’s cabinet had a change of heart and focused the additional funding on ‘higher-profile strategic routes’ across Kirklees at the end of last month instead.

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