Flooding dangers

I was told that a drain was blocked, and it was not known who owned the land under which the drain ran. I know that in the days of the Littlehampton Urban District Council, the putting green and miniature golf course on the land in question were owned by the council.

The county council also told me it would be very expensive to take the drain pipes over the road, and that the road was not an important one.

I say that a car driver, in the dark and unaware of the water on the road, could aquaplane into an accident, let alone the damage to the car it could cause.

The man from the county council who answered my letters came from Rustington, so knew the problem of the road well.

While writing, I would like to endorse the suggestion of Dr James Walsh (Gazette story, February 10) that Arun District Council cut the pay of its next chief executive, when the present one, Ian Sumnall, goes in the autumn.

P. W. Watson

Sussex Street

Wick