£1.3 million from scrapped HS2 project to be spent resurfacing pothole-ridden roads across Harrogate district

But there are now hopes the situation could finally improve for road users after the government announced that £1.3m previously allocated for the rail scheme HS2 will be spent resurfacing roads in the area including in Knaresborough, Boroughbridge and Ripon.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak scrapped the northern leg of HS2 last year and pledged to use money intended for the scheme on improving transport in the north.

The Department for Transport has revealed which local authorities across Yorkshire will benefit from the latest tranche of funding for road resurfacing, which it says will result in £991m in reallocated HS2 funding for the region.

These are the roads in the Harrogate district that will be resurfaced and how much it is set to cost...

Park Row in Knaresborough - £128,700

C262 in Spofforth - £111,540

Duck Hill in Ripon – £130,000

Follifoot Lane in Spofforth – £85,800

Green Lane in Harrogate – £243,100

Kirkgate in Ripon – £130,000

Lancaster Park Road in Harrogate – £221,000

Roecliffe Lane in Boroughbridge – £137,280

New Road in Sharow – £143,000

Sharow Lane in Sharow – £143,000

Councils across Yorkshire will now be required to submit quarterly reports from June, announcing work which has taken place over three months.

The government says it means residents will be able to scrutinise the progress of the works as these reports will be published online.

Mark Harper, Transport Secretary, said: “We’re on the side of drivers, which is why this Government is getting on with delivering our plan to invest £991m in Yorkshire and the Humber as part of the biggest-ever funding increase for local road improvements, made possible by reallocated HS2 funding.

“Alongside this unprecedented funding, which is already being used to improve local roads, we’re making sure residents can hold their local authority to account and see for themselves how the investment will be spent to improve local roads for years to come.”

Meanwhile, it was announced last month that North Yorkshire Council will receive £3.5m from HS2 to put on extra buses across 20 different routes.