Two-year project to improve East Riding’s busiest road one of…

Improvement works at East Riding's busiest road is one of the first projects to get money freed up from the scrapping of the northern leg of HS2, a minister has said. Government and East Riding officials signed off on the works to improve the A164 and Jock's Lodge junction, near Beverley, during a visit by Transport Minister Richard Holden. He said the works would be on a fundamental piece of East Riding infrastructure and £40.7m in Government funding showed it was investing in the North. East Riding Council Leader Cllr Anne Handley said motorists spending their time sat in queues of traffic on the A164 would be a distant memory once the works are finished. The Government's pledge to cover almost half of the cost of the project comes after councillors heard costs had spiralled from £50m to £87m due to high inflation. READ MORE: Mini-roundabout near Cottingham and months of works on the way to improve East Riding's busiest roads No end in sight for closure to Sculcoates Bridge in Hull, as bomb survey and inspections completed Then council Leader Cllr Jonathan Owen said at the time the extra costs would be met with reserves and borrowing. But the deal struck by the Government and the council means the council will now spend £46.7m on the project with the rest coming from the new Network North. Network North was unveiled by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after he announced that the Birmingham to Manchester leg of HS2 would be scrapped. Funding for the high speed rail project has now been pledged to areas across the North including for road and public transport improvements. East Riding Council's Principal Transport Policy Officer Katie Stork, Roads Minister Richard Holden, Haltemprice and Howden MP David Davis and East Riding Council Leader Cll
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