SPENDING ROW: Councillors David Freeman and Mark Wilkes have criticised Durham County Council’s decision to spend £16,500 on two billboards in Aykley Heads
I WOULD like to applaud Councillors Mark Wilkes and David Freeman for their disgust at Durham County Council for erecting the two advertising boards at the cost of £16,500 (Echo, Feb 19).
As the planning permission has not been granted yet for a new headquarters at The Sands, are DCC not jumping the gun a bit or do they already surmise it will be a formality?
They are going to trim the new headquarters down.
I wonder if anyone looked into the option of moving it to Mount Oswald as they were going to invest £17.5m – plenty of land and bus and parking facilities and the eased congestion and pollution in Durham city. Or would that be too easy an option?
Terry Knox, Coxhoe
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