Forestry England's spending on the White Horse of Kilburn's recent repainting has been questioned - as it emerged a local businessman had offered to fund the work himself
£20,000 was spent hiring Scottish specialists Storr Access, whose employees abseiled down the face of Sutton Bank to carry out a job that had previously been undertaken by volunteers using a tractor winch or soldiers on military training exercises before they were banned from the site for health and safety reasons. Thirsk Decorating Centre were subcontracted to supply 2,000 litres of advanced carbon neutral white paint.
"Three months later, Kevin had offered £10,000 for painting and yet nothing had happened, he hadn't heard anything from Forestry England. The tree surgeon, Greg, went up there and said he was happy to paint it in his own time and he's covered by his business insurance. The offers were there but were never followed up - and the next thing we saw those contractors up there painting it. It's bureaucracy gone mad.
Forestry England have a responsibility to ensure that any work conducted under its control is delivered in a technically competent and safe manner. To ensure this, work is put out to tender. The contract was awarded after a fair and transparent process which was open to anyone who could evidence that they met the criteria.
"Back in the day, the army used it to teach soldiers how to abseil and the gliding club loaned a tractor to the volunteer painters, who anchored people to it. There are no records of any accidents of injuries during the painting."
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