I WISH to respond to your reader's letter 'Tidy up the A64' (March 5).

The need to provide some additional resource to tackle the increasing problem of litter on the verges of our most heavily used roads, such as the A64 and A1237 outer ring road, has already been recognised.

Action will be taken at the worst locations in the near future.

To draw issues such as this to the attention of the council, I should like to make your readers aware of the telephone hotline service on (01904) 636000.

Councillor D Smallwood,

Executive member for the

environment,

City of York Council,

Wycliffe Avenue,

Tang Hall,

York.

Updated: 16:40 Friday, March 21, 2003