Pothole prevention works on North Yorkshire roads to begin

The council has £25.3m to spend on road schemes

Work will be carried out on hundreds of North Yorkshire roads to help protect against potholes and other damage.

Out of the council's £53m highways capital programme, £25.3m has been allocated to road schemes.

This includes £5m for surface dressing works, which will cover 142 miles (228km) of roads.

Council chiefs said surface dressing was a quick and cost-effective way of helping to stop potholes and extending the life of the road by 10 years.

The work will cover Harrogate, incorporating roads in Fewston and Darley in mid-April, before covering the north of the county in early May, from the Darlington Road to routes in Stokesley.

From mid-May, the scheme will cover the Richmond area from Catterick Garrison to Muker and Aysgarth in the Yorkshire Dales. It will finish in the Skipton area including Cowling, West Marton and Cross Hills.

North Yorkshire Council said a further £13.6m would be spent on road resurfacing schemes at 130 sites as well as £6.7m on road patching at 300 sites.

Karl Battersby, corporate director of environment at North Yorkshire Council, said the work would "benefit residents in all areas of the county."

He added: "We carefully choose the routes and work closely with our contractors to ensure we deliver a cost-effective scheme despite ongoing inflationary pressures."