”Electric buses have not helped York roads’ -letter

I AM not surprised that Councillor Ravilious has an almost impossible problem to solve with a deficit of over £100m in the road repairs budget.

I held the same position until the Conservatives were ejected in 2019 but the roads were in a much better state then and the subsequent LibDem/Green administration did little to keep up with maintenance.

However, the deterioration in the roads has been dramatic since then; I doubt if anyone took account of the fact that the new electric buses are much heavier that the diesels they replaced and this hasn’t helped.

Our house now shakes when a bus passes over (or into) the potholes; I made a report seven weeks ago and some patching was done but the other holes have continued to grow.

Quite simply, many roads require complete resurfacing, not patching but that £100m has to come from somewhere.

Peter Dew,

Rivelin Way,

York

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Counting every pound

Just choked with laughter on my cornflakes. I have just read the list of proposed carriageway (road?) repairs where every one is detailed to the nearest £.

Do they include provision for every KitKat to be consumed?

Surely to the nearest £1,000 should be good enough unless the figures quoted are fixed prices.

R Shenton,

Connaught Way,

York

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Get shops to reopen

THANKS to Trump’s actions, the price of fuel is skyrocketing.

Maybe now is the time to curb online shopping and keep delivery vans off the road for a bit.

Maybe even get a few shops to re open?

Joanne Ellis,

Charlton Street,

York

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What are today’s health hazards?

RE: the article about how after many years off ill health brought on by the addiction to heavy smoking, Gillian Cunningham had successfully quit.

Growing up in the 1950s you were surrounded by smokers, most of the men having done their war service had returned home with the smoking habit.

Unfortunately most children/ young adults thought it the thing to do to appear more mature than their actual age.

I quickly realised that my father’s shortness of breath was down to his smoking habits and shied away from cigs.

Lots of people now of my age suffer after years of puffing away from (COPD ), emphysema and chronic shortness of breath .

I wonder in 50 years’ time and looking back what people will think of the hallucinogenic drugs and the social implications of the internet and mobile phone use?

People have become more singular and many lack face to face communication skills.

I wonder what the future will make of the gigantic mistakes we are presently now making – only time will tell the harm and damage we are inflicting on our bodies.

D M Deamer,

Penleys Grove Street,

Monkgate,

York

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Why not sack him?

IS Starmer, like Miliband, an eco maniac?

If not, why does he not dismiss his colleague from government? This refusal should suggest he is either weak or incompetent and totally agrees that we should all be paying higher bills when cheaper supplies are on tap.

Peter Rickaby,

Moat Way,

Brayton