The roads are looking better than they have for some time following re-surfacing and improvements.

Skinner Street was closed for two days last week and then Flowergate also suffered some disruption.

Some Skinner Street businesses told the Gazette they had a quieter day than usual on Wednesday and the work continued into Thursday – by Friday work on Skinner Street had finished.

Les Parker, the county council’s improvement manager, told the Whitby Gazette: “The frost has really taken it out of the roads and potholes are a problem nationally.

“But we have re-surfaced the whole lot now on Flowergate and on Skinner Street.

“It’s been very disruptive for businesses.

“I can appreciate that, but hopefully these roads will now last us a good few years.”

Work was expected to be completed by the weekend and workmen were finishing off by re-painting the yellow and white road markings on Flowergate.