I have been in Witton Gilbert today with officers to look at work already done and work required to be done to reduce the risk of future flooding. Officers have agreed to arrange for further work to be carried out on the Burn which caused so much trouble last month.

We also found more blocked drains and it is very clear to me that the regular maintenance work the old district council used to carry out on its sites and indeed which the county used to do around the area are no longer being done. Almost a dozen drains were blocked when the last flooding came and this clearly contributed to problems. The council should be ensuring regular checks are done, but until this happens, please report any blocked drains to 01913706000 or hal@durham.gov.uk

Let me now if work isn’t carried out so i can chase it up.