A leading Totton Councillor has called upon Hampshire County Council to “Own up and admit what went wrong” with a scheme to improve Totton’s Rumbridge Street.

It is widely believed that a series of project management blunders led to very long delays completing the works and additional costs to the taxpayer, in excess of £300,000.

Liberal Democrat Councillor David Harrison, represents the Totton South at Town, District and County level. He says “It is very clear that those running Hampshire County Council are seriously embarrassed about what happened in Rumbridge Street. The list of blunders included a failure to sort out drainage problems before investing in street level enhancements, poor co-ordination with other bodies, the wrong sort of soil brought down from Scotland and damage caused to completed works”.

Councillor Harrison adds “We were promised a full review within 6 months of completion of the scheme and that nothing would be swept under the carpet. It is now over 12 months, with no information released about the review.”

Councillor Harrison this week raised the issue at a meeting of the Town Council’s Policy & Resources Committee. Members agreed that a formal letter should be sent to Hampshire County Council expressing concern about the lack of information and asking when results of the review will be shared.