JUST after 11pm last night (9 Jan), I was one of a few Bridge Street, Tow Law, residents disturbed by a loud ‘bang’. A neighbour’s car had been shunted/damaged by a hit and run driver none of us saw.
While I was unable to assist a police officer with my CCTV cameras (which were out of range), I now recall a local police community support officer's worrying late 2015 admission. He stated that the dome camera on the corner of Bridge Street/High Street (and others) was inoperable.
That is not what ‘serving the community’ means. It’s also time Durham County Council did more than just re-set a certain vehicle-toppled, metal bollard for the umpteenth time.
Speed restrictions and sleeping policemen are urgently needed on this part of the A68, as pedestrians risk life and limb crossing Bridge Street.
Steve Lawson, Tow Law.
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