Chris White has demanded that the planned scrutiny of highways maintenance be treated as an emergency.

Chris was attending the County Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee today and condemned the fact that this topic was not due to be looked at for at least six months while much less important issues, like postal services, are being dealt with immediately.

Chris said: ‘Many residents in the county regard highways maintenance as an emergency. Given that councillors in one area have already thrown out the highways maintenance programme it is surely time the county council recognised this as a serious problem.’