PHEW, all that money to provide a new transport infrastructure and coupled with a 30-year plan.

How many years did we wait for the bypass road for Chilton? It was originally planned in 1948.

The A66 dual carriageway, how many years? And we are still waiting.

Smarties offered to the dumb northerners! And we all know what happens to Smarties when the sun comes out - they melt away.

Richard Armstrong, Ferryhill