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Former Knaresborough mayor Philip Allott has said people have been put at risk by the half finished resurfacing of a busy town road.

Tarmac was removed from the surface of Briggate last night as part of scheduled resurfacing by North Yorkshire Council.

But the new surface has not been added and the uneven state of the highway, along with leftover debris and heavy rain, has made driving and cycling hazardous this morning.

Mr Allott, who is also a former North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner, said:

“The contractors have removed all the tarmac down to the low bridge and then left the site. Debris from potholes are putting pedestrians at risk.

“It’s totally unacceptable. Why haven’t they done it in sections as per recent tarmac work in Harrogate?”

The road is unsurfaced from the junction with the A59 to the low bridge, where temporary lights are in place.

This isn’t the first time Briggate has been in the news lately. A section of wall alongside the road fell in September 2022, leading to several months of temporary traffic lights until it was repaired.

The Stray Ferret has approached North Yorkshire Council for comment.

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Rishi Sunak was taunted about living under a Labour mayor in his North Yorkshire constituency at Prime Minster’s Questions yesterday.

Harrogate-born David Skaith was elected mayor of York and North Yorkshire on May 2 last week. He took up the role yesterday.

Mr Skaith was photographed with Labour leader Keir Starmer at Northallerton Football Club a couple of hours after he was declared mayor on Friday.

Mr Starmer told the House of Commons that Mr Sunak now had “great Labour councillors” in Downing Street and Southampton, where he grew up, and a Labour mayor in London.

He added:

“At his mansion in Richmond, he can enjoy a brand new Labour mayor of North Yorkshire.”

Mr Sunak was quick to reply:

“I was of course surprised to see the honourable gentleman in North Yorkshire. Although probably not as surprised as he was when he realised he couldn’t take the tube there.

“I can tell him the people of North Yorkshire believe in hard work, secure borders, lower taxes and straight talking common sense.

“They are not going to get any of that from a virtue signalling lawyer from North London.”

Mr Starmer said:

“It was great to be in Northallerton where they had just voted to reject the Prime Minister’s proposition.

“No matter where he calls home, all his neighbours are backing this changed Labour Party.”

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