HEAR All Sides readers may remember my campaign against a footpath resurfacing substance, now called footpath surface treatment, previously known as slurry seal.

The problems of this cheap method of footpath surface treatment is that weeds grow through the shallow surface and it has a short life.

I would refer to my earlier letter to Hear All Sides, when I requested that the main Ox Close to the Ash Tree subway in Spennymoor be re-constructed with tarmac. This path runs along the top of Mayfields and is the main route from a large housing estate, called Greenways, to Ox Close School and the local shops.

I also asked for a small triangular green strip, which has large weeds growing up against the wall, at the Ox Close entrance to be filled in with tarmac. This small area is difficult for the grass cutter to access.

Despite the large sums of council tax collected from Greenways, we now have this unsightly footpath surface treatment, which is rough and unsightly. The kerbing was not replaced and the path was not smoothed over prior to treatment, leaving ponding in certain areas when it rains.

I am very disappointed with this work, which was recently carried out by Durham County Council’s contractors.

In fact, they have just wasted a considerable amount of council tax payers’ money.

I would ask the council’s director of environmental services to have this path to have this path evaluated for a quality assessment.

Ben Ord, Spennymoor