Article: These are the questions put to Darlington Borough Council by The Northern Echo

Q1. Why does the council have so little correspondence and paperwork? Is it normal practice not to keep files recording the authority's involvement?

Q2. Why did the authority not finalise a signed contract with the project's lead consultant, Gillespies?

Q3. Who was responsible for drawing up the terms of a contract described in the report as "extremely low risk" (for the contractor) "with very limited incentive for efficient working"?

Q4. Why was the contract arranged so that the authority shared 90 per cent of any savings or 90 per cent of any additional costs?

Q5. Who took the decision not to stick to works through the main pedestrian area? If the authority was concerned about disruption ...

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