AN EXASPERATED householder has demanded to know why repair work on a Craven railway viaduct came to a halt four months ago - and why a generator on the site is still going 24 hours a day.

Clapham resident Wayne Reddyhough, who lives near the viaduct in the village, said he was "really fed up" with the noise impact the generator is having - on himself and on nearby wildlife - and the effect the constant emissions are having on the environment.

He said: "This is a ridiculous situation. The generator is the first thing I hear in the morning and the last at night. It's like having a double decker bus outside with its engine on all day, every day, spewing fumes into the atmosphere.

" There are usually a lot of birds around the river - ducks and even kingfishers - but they all seem to have moved away since this has been going on. The worst thing is not knowing when it's all going to stop

"This is an area of outstanding natural beauty. I wish they would just get on and finish the work. It's been months of disruption now."

Mr Reddyhough said work on the railway bridge started last December but stopped about four months ago.

A spokesman for the contractor, Taziker, said that the second phase of the work was starting 'very soon' and that the company had done everything it could to minimise noise and disruption in the area.