High levels of the River Ouse consistently lead to pathways by the Millennium Bridge in York being blocked by water.
Plans to raise the pathway “have certainly been talked about for around seven years” according to deputy leader Cllr Pete Kilbane.
Funding has been allocated to carry out the improvements to the section of National Cycle Network Route 65 that runs through York, which includes work to raise the level of the existing paths on the approaches to Millennium Bridge.
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A man is under arrest following a collision that led to the death of an 80-year-old woman.
More than half of the assaults, public order offences and other violent crimes recorded in York city centre in 2023-4 were thought to involve alcohol, according to police data.
