Article: Leaked report into gas pipe blunder to be heard in public

A CONFIDENTIAL report into a [pounds]780,000 gas pipe blunder will be discussed in public after The Northern Echo revealed details of the secret document.

A confidential solicitors' report into costly delays to the Pedestrian Heart project after a digger hit a gas pipe in January 2006 will be moved to the public part of next week's cabinet meeting by Darlington Borough Council leader John Williams.

The move comes after the Echo obtained a copy of the report by Ward Hadaway solicitors and published details of it yesterday.

The council said the [pounds]40,000 report had been made confidential because it was pertaining to legal action.

The report concluded that the council could not recoup any ...

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