Network Rail is undertaking an £81m scheme to tackle the most common causes of delay to rail services. However, while this work is underway 8 miles of track through Watford will have to be blocked.
The Urban Transport Plan is designed to encourage a shift away from cars for commuters using Tring Station. Due to the distance from the town centre it is vital that the station caters for cyclists and currently has just 125 places available. Plans would increase the number of places available to 237 for the future as well as improve access for cyclists.
Extensive consultations, which involved exhibitions for public inspection in both Tring and Berkhamsted, took place last spring. Since then Hertfordshire highways planning officers have been updating the Tring, Northchurch & Berkhamsted Urban Transport Plan to take into account comments from the public.
At the end of last month Liberal Democrat County Councillors forced the Conservative administration of Hertfordshire County Council to accept that after one full year of operation "the new and revised highways term contracts as well as the Call Centre are not fully functioning and are not working to best effect for the residents of Hertfordshire and there are still a number of important issues that require resolving".
Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander has published the Coalition Government's National Infrastructure Plan - a plan for more than £375bn of public and private sector investment in energy, transport, flood defence, waste, water and communications infrastructure up to 2030 and beyond.
Hertfordshire County Council Liberal Democrats are amazed by the massive security bills they have uncovered at County Hall. In the period since 1st April 2010 HCC has run up a staggering £1.5 million bill to secure vacant property sites, including those awaiting demolition and sale. Council Tax payers have footed the huge bill while HCC has spent years dithering about what to do with empty premises.
October is Black History Month - a chance to celebrate the Black British community, acknowledge their contributions and discover their stories.
Read Ed Davey's speech to the Liberal Democrats' Autumn Conference in Brighton
Carers are not just support for their loved ones—they are the glue holding our fragile social care system together. They deserve more than token acknowledgements or empty promises.
