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Borough Council on Whitby Harbour Risks

Scarborough Borough Council have discussed funding risk areas such as the Whitby Harbour legal battle and chasing levelling-up funding.

The Fight 4 Whitby Group- made up of local residents, says the authority must pump all the money it makes from the town's harbour amenities back into maintaining the harbour, citing a 1905 rule from the old Whitby Urban Council.

The Borough Council have been unable to sign off on annual costs since legal action was brought in 2015.

Over a million pounds could be diverted to the harbour, but Borough Council Monitoring Officer Lisa Dixon says the authority should be ok whatever the court decides in the autumn:

The Borough Council are also desperate to be successful in their bid for levelling up funding.

The authority missed out on the main multi-million pound round of the government's 'town deal' money.

But Lisa says some of that funding has been secured:

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