I WOULD like to thank D M Deamer for congratulating City of York Council on the installation of new lifebelt stations along the River Foss (Letters, December 16).

These lifebelt stations are part of the £100,000 works that I brought forward to cabinet in October, to address work recommended by RoSPA in light of the recent tragic events on the city’s rivers.

I would like to thank D M Deamer for reporting the previous vandalism of lifesaving equipment and ask that they and other residents continue to be our ‘eyes and ears’, and inform the council when such damage happens.

Cllr Tracey Simpson-Laing, Cabinet Member Communities, City of York Council.