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• 28 Feb 2021
MAKING A SPLASH: Parish councillors in Middleton-in-Teesdale are asking for an investigation into whether damaged drains are responsible for the flooding and ice risk on Laneside
DRAINAGE issues that could be linked to work carried out by contractors a year ago have become dangerous for motorists.
Highways bosses are to be asked to investigate drains at Laneside on the B6282 at the entrance to Middleton-in-Teesdale after reports of excessive flooding across the carriageway following the recent wintry weather.
Members of Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin Parish Council agreed to request Durham County Council’s highways department look into the situation after reports that water flowing down the road had caused sheet ice.
ON THE MOVE: The guide stone inside the entrance of Utass’ offices
PEOPLE in Middleton-in-Teesdale are being asked for their views on where a guide stone, carved initially for the village’s heritage centre, should be placed.
The massive stone is currently in the entrance of Utass’s offices, in Chapel Row but parish councillors want to put it somewhere in the village for all to enjoy.
It was suggested during their January meeting it be placed near the Bainbridge Fountain.
But Cllr Christine Gilbert said: “If we carry on putting things around the fountain, you will no longer be able to see the fountain. It is just a load of clutter around there. We could do with less, not more.”