READERS who complain about roadworks in York, should not blame City of York Council. Many utility companies have a legal right to dig up roads, having first given a statutory period of notice to the relevant highway authority. The simple answer is to get on one's bike for short journeys. Santa will surely use this simple method of transport, when he delivers in York.

Paul Hepworth,

Windmill Rise, Holgate, York.

Updated: 11:38 Friday, November 30, 2001