Local residents have contacted me regarding the state of Smannell Road play area, left ploughed up and unusable by contractors working for Southern Water. I raised this matter at a council meeting several months ago and was advised that, because of the poor quality of re-instatement work carried out by the contractors, Test Valley Borough Council would carry out the repair and re-instatement work and invoice Southern Water.

Council officers are currently costing the work and other losses incurred and hope to be in a position to resolve this by the end of the month.