-> Call for Inquiry into Flood Report – East Anglian Daily Times
“…the leader of the opposition, Ivan Henderson, says the report should never have been allowed to go ahead and has requested TDC to carry out a full investigation.
It comes after new e-mails between Mr Stock and TDC’s head of public experience seen by the East Anglian Daily Times – emerged showing disagreements over how the flood survey was carried out.
Mr Stock said he asked for a full hydrological study of the district and questioned why the report focused on his home.
But the officer said his home was the only known property to suffer from flooding internally and Mr Stock had agreed the scope of the study to include Shop Road.
Mr Henderson said: “The question he has to ask himself is why, if he didn’t expect his house to be included, did he not say “no” when the engineers came to his home. Alarm bells should have rung then.
“When I went to the district auditor about this he didn’t have all the details about how the report was put together which I have now obtained these under a Freedom of Information request.
“I still believe there are more questions to be answered by Cllr Stock and council officers about why this scheme was allowed to go ahead in such a way when that money was meant to be for community benefit……” (See more)