Hemel Hempstead Liberal Democrats

"Herts' Roads are in Good Shape!" claim the Tories - "Oh no they're not!" say the Liberal Democrats.

Herts Lib Dems have hit out at Tory County Council claims that our roads are in "Good Shape". In March this year, the Lib Dems protested as over 60 road resurfacing reconstruction schemes were cut from works due by the County Council. The Conservative administration cut road improvement schemes (mainly on secondary side roads across the county) and reduced the budget for such schemes by £2m - next year and in each of the following three years. This cut £8m in total from the planned £37m spend up to 2025 - a cut of 22%. Now council officers have released figures showing that the number of side roads in Hertfordshire that need of repair has nearly doubled since last year - increasing from 7% to 12%.

30 Dec 2021

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Wishing everyone as good a Christmas as present circumstances permit!

24 Dec 2021

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"The new German Coalition Government may be more willing to Invest in Infrastructure," suggests Lib Dem Councillor.

"The new German Coalition Government may be more willing to invest in infrastructure," suggests Liberal Democrat Councillor for Tring West, Nick Hollinghurst. "If targeted towards rail and transport modernisation this could be a green boost, not only for Germany but also for neighbouring countries."

19 Dec 2021

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"Public Transport should be viewed as a Public Service, not a profit-making industry," says Lib Dem councillor.

A local Liberal Democrat Councillor has called for a new way of looking at Basic Public Transport - we should view it as a Public Service, not as a cash cow for private industry.

18 Dec 2021

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The Out-of-Sight Pollutant - Shipping. Over the Horizon, bringing us all that Stuff we Buy - In a Way, we're Importing Pollution!

Out of sight, over the horizon, possibly out of mind as well - but still pumping out pollutants! There's one massive transport network that needs cleaning up, but which we might have forgotten - shipping. There are 110,700 ships of over 100 gross tonnes ploughing through the world's oceans. Although mile for mile and ton for ton ocean shipping is be far the cheapest way to transport goods, a great deal of energy is needed to push them through the water. Though fitted with enormous, relatively efficient, diesel engines, the "bunker fuel" that most large ships use for fuel is basically the unrefinable junk that the petroleum discards - something like the tar that is used on roads. Not only is it black, sticky and unheathily dangerous, but it is rich in pollutants such as sulphur and produces clouds of black poisonous smoke full of dangerous micro-particles.

17 Dec 2021

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