THERE is to be a congestion commission including a panel of experts with cross-party support. The projected cost is £135,000.

This is likely to start after the May elections if the new council approves. Should the plan proceed, the anticipated period before a solution is ready will be 20 months.

In the years 2013/14, £1,099,495 was spent on consultants fees some of the projects probably never reached beyond the drawing board. Since then projects reported in The Press as being in the pipeline include Re-invigorate York and others.

In recent years millions of ‘cuts’ to social services were made in the council budget, with £12 million more this coming year, due to reduced government funding.

Since then, cosmetic work has been afforded for King’s Square, plus thousands of pounds on 20mph signs, to mention a few.

Much of this has to be on borrowed money paid off with interest. It seems to be quite a tangled web.

J Beisly, Osprey Close, York.