Perth and Kinross last August. And most of these calls went unanswered as storm water swept through people’s homes. At a meeting of Perth and Kinross Council’s environment and infrastructure committee on Wednesday, May 19, it emerged 482 calls were made to operators based miles away in Aberdeen.
Of those, only 215 were answered. The committee was given an update on the latest draft version of Perth and Kinross flood management plans.
Strathtay councillor Grant Laing asked why calls made out of hours are answered by operators in the North East.The SNP councillor said the people responding were “over-run” and would normally be dealing with issues in their area too.Cllr Laing told council officers at Wednesday’s meeting: “You get no response..
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