A coalition of effort is the only way we will succeed in bringing about the changes needed on the A64 was Kevin Hollinrake’s message at the launch of the A64 Partnership. The group, which includes businesses along the route together with the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership, local authorities, councillors and the York and North Yorkshire Chamber, was set up to campaign for a dual carriageway from the Hopgrove roundabout all the way to Malton. At the launch, Thirsk and Malton MP, Kevin Hollinrake, said ‘We have built up a cogent economic argument for the improvements and a coalition of support through the A64 Partnership, but what we need now to be successful is a relentless campaign to keep the pressure up’. Last week Highways England announced that a dual carriageway will be needed to alleviate traffic problems beyond the Hopgrove roundabout and that previously planned improvements to the roundabout would not solve the problem – news that was welcomed by Mr Hollinrake and neighbouring MPs Robert Goodwill and Julian Sturdy. However, Mr Hollinrake told the audience of 150 people at Sand Hutton’s National Agri Food Innovation Campus that we should take nothing for granted and we should continue to press for the much needed dual carriageway, first to Barton Hill and then all the way to Malton.