A resident contacted me this week to say that there was a fridge in the River Wear at Clements Wharf.

They had contacted the Council who had then referred it to the Environment Agency, who said that they would not attend to it unless it was causing flooding.

As the resident said “So much for civic pride”

So I forwarded the residents’ email to our Director of Neighbourhood Services and Head of Service to see if they could find a solution, and they are now going back to the Environment Agency to find out what can be done because the Council doesn’t own a boat.

Interestingly the Environment Agency helped out last year to remove…….a horse.

 

UPDATE:

Following pressure from the Council’s neighbourhood department, the fridge has been removed – a lesson in common sense learnt by the Environment Agency!