CANDIDATES in one of the York wards which will be fought over at tomorrow’s local elections have predicted no further action will be carried out at a controversial junction in the city until the end of the year.

Calls have been made for a rethink over the removal of a left-hand filter lane at the Water End junction at Clifton Green, which was taken away to create more space for cyclists.

But David Scott, who is standing for Labour in the Clifton ward at the City of York Council elections, said: “I have been making enquiries as to when this will go back to the council’s executive to consider further changes at the junction and reinstatement of the left-hand lane.

“I was amazed to find out the report is not likely to be with the executive before September, which means any work would be unlikely to start until at least Christmas.

“This is just not acceptable. It has been the subject of a Councillor Call for Action, but I’m told more surveys need to be done. This must have been the most surveyed stretch of road in York, and residents don’t need more surveys – they need action.”

Fellow Labour candidate for Clifton, Ken King, said his party would make the junction a “high priority” if it wins power following the election, saying: “We will not let this be forgotten because residents have told us this needs sorting out, and it will be.”

Meanwhile, Labour’s Acomb candidates David Horton and Tracey Simpson-Laing say a “dangerous” junction in the ward which was left incomplete as part of a new housing development is now being dealt with.

They claimed the Barratt Homes development in Acomb meant the junction of Old School Walk and Beckfield Lane had become a “hazard”, but the company had now agreed to take action following a prolonged campaign in the area.