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More cash for road repairs
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• The government has promised an extra £15m of funding this year for local authorities to carry out vital road safety schemes and complete urgent road repairs.
Among the authorities set to benefit from the cash injection is North Yorkshire County Council; it will receive .2250,000 to improve railway bridges in the county.
This follows an investigation into the Selby rail crash, which showed that more extensive safety fencing might have prevented the tragedy. The inquiry also found that there are a number of sites around the UK where vehicles are at risk of crashing onto railways lines from the road.
Other schemes in line for extra investment include emergency bridge works at Toton Flood Arch in Nottinghamshire; maintenance on the nontrunked motorway section of the M62; and safety fencing renewal on the A19 in Billingham.
Transport Minister' John Speller says: "This financial support will enable local authorities to tackle the Most pressing transport problems in their areas and to deliver improvements in transport quickly. It will allow urgent safety and road improvement works to be given priority by authorlties and speed up progress on a range of large and small-scale transport schemes."
The Road Haulage Association has welcomea the move: "Any money that is spent on improving road infrastructure has got to be great news. However, rather than promises we want to see these improvements become reality."