The other week the machinery was in place, however, where were the materials?

A simple task of putting kerbs in and resurfacing has now gone over schedule because someone forgot to order the Tarmac.

This is OKay as long as the weather remains dry. However, if it rains, who looks after the houses in the water’s flow?

Will those workers be there with sandbags and will they pay the compensation claims? I fear not and I hope it remains dry until the Tarmac comes.

I am talking about the Rank in North Bradley – a small, remote out-of-the-way lane. However it lies on a slope. A slope that rainwater flows down and the ditch has cuts for the rainwater to run off.

However now those cuts are dammed by a kerb two to three inches above the road surface.

The water will have no escape and anyone living at the bottom of this lane has the real prospect of an avoidable flood.

I hope the contractors think of what they are doing next time and plan ahead to get the correct and necessary materials in.

Thousands of pounds of heavy duty machinery stood around doing nothing will eventually always cost us, the taxpayer, more.

Efficiency savings should mean concentrating on the job in hand first and getting it completed to the best and highest standard possible.

Andrew Hungerford, Churchlands, North Bradley.