In his Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced a further £29.5 billion funding package to upgrade England's roads. This included £27 billion for new investments from 2020 to 2025, but only £2.5 billion extra for road maintenance over the same period, though local authorities in England will receive an additional £500 million a year via the 'Potholes Fund'.
Welcome news for south west Hertfordshire.
As Hertfordshire commuters using the West Anglia rail route between Liverpool Street and Cheshunt start going back to work, they will find new trains awaiting them.
Hertfordshire County Council Lib Dems welcome moves to make space on our roads for active travel but add, "So far the County is lacking a clear focus with its plans and not enough ambition to ensure lasting benefit."
As the COVID-19 pandemic hit Europe earlier this year, many governments adopted extraordinary measures to contain the virus. These measures had an effect on many sectors and industries, including tourism and travel industry which was severely impacted by the closure of borders.
CHRISTOPHER SIDE. It is with great sadness that I pass on this news from his wife, Sarah. Chris's passing was peaceful, for which we are all thankful, and he died at home early in the morning of the 19th May - on his 73rd birthday. I am so sad to have lost such a good friend. He was such a quiet, thoughtful, brave and caring man and a very good doctor. I often think that I'm probably only here now because he picked up my hypertension 30+ years ago. And I reminded him of that more than once. I had huge respect and affection for Chris, an engaged (and engaging), liberal and tolerant man who cared deeply about others and did what he could to help nudge things along in a more pro-social direction. Chris had been a long-standing Liberal Democrat and before that in the SDP. I knew him for 40 years during which he was my GP for many years and I will miss him very much. Sarah writes, "I am heart-broken to post that my beloved husband, Chris Side, passed away peacefully at home early this morning, after a long illness
