Over the last year or so I’ve been working to get the main weir in Durham cleared of material. This year we included for the first time funding for regular work in the Council’s budget.

Under Labour no funding was provided each year and the weir was left to deteriorate to such an extent that it is now going to cost over £1m to repair it. Shame on Labour for neglecting the weir. The weir allows electricity to be generated via a hydro plant bringing £100,000 a year of income to the council which makes Labour’s failure to maintain the weir for decades all the more stupid.

Thankfully now that we are running the council many of the things Labour failed to do in Durham are being dealt with. More on this to come.