The council said it understood “residents’ frustration” over the costs involved with the Station Gateway scheme, the bill for which currently stands at £60.1 million. An impression showing how improvements at the front of York Station underway as part of the Station Gateway scheme could look (Image: City of York Council)Work on the Station Gateway project, revamping the area outside the entrance of York station, first began in 2023 with an original budget of £26 million. Council says more cost increases are 'far less likely to happen' after it 'strengthened governance arrangements'City of York Council said the Station Gateway scheme has been a “hugely complex project to deliver”. “The highways elements of the Station Gateway scheme are now in their final stage and we continue to work with our partners to complete them. Cllr Lomas said what the Labour administration found with the Station Gateway scheme when it inherited the project “was staggering”.