HOW disappointing that your reporter should choose to draw attention to the relatively short delays to traffic caused by the North Yorkshire County Council Surface Dressing programme (D&S Times, Apr 15) rather than complimenting the council on its policy of continuing to maintain its roads in a cost effective manner, at a time when many other counties’ roads have been allowed to deteriorate drastically through abandoning this process.

Occasionally, it is appropriate to praise those who spend our council tax.

Paul Adamson, Redmire, Leyburn