County councillors in Watford and St Albans have expressed astonishment over the county council’s programme for road repairs.
The latest ‘surface dressing’ proposals involve NO roads in Watford district whatever and, almost without exception, only roads in Conservative-held county councilor divisions in the district of St Albans.
Cllr Chris White said: ‘When I saw this list, I sent it back to officials in disbelief: Tory areas have already had more than their fair share of highways work so far over the past four years.’
Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst added: ‘It becomes increasingly difficult to see this as anything other than electioneering by a Tory administration which knows it’s on the run.
‘First we had the completely untrue suggestion that we wanted to cut highways spending when we are actually proposing increases. Now they are rushing out to fix the roads in the seats of councillors about to lose their seats.’
NOTES
The schedule is shown below. The single road listed for Watford is in fact in Hertsmere. The roads seemingly in Aislinn Lee’s division are in fact brought forward from the previous year.
Kennels Lane Harpenden – Coles Lane to Kinsbourne Green
Sauncey Wood Lane Wheathampstead – Common Lane to SD jt E Mackerye End Lane/The Slype
Kimpton Bottom Bower Heath – E Plummers lane to NH bdy (SD jt o/s Blue Cross).
Amwell Lane Wheathampstead – Down Green lane to SMA jt Harpenden Road
Wheathampstead Road Harpenden – HRA jt Piggottshill r’bt to SMA jt 100m W Long Buftlers
Holly Lane Wheathampstead – Sauncey Wood lane to Common Lane
Lye Lane Brickett Wood – SMA jt West Riding/Lye lane x’rds to 30mph A405 excl M25 bridge
Mile House Lane St Albans – HRA jt 15m W Nappsbury r’bt to HRA jt E Butterfield.
Smug Oak Lane Brickett Wood – Rear bellmouth Station Road to HRA jt 15m A5183
Harper Lane Radlett – E of railway bridge to new surface jt Shenleybury r’bt
Hemel Hempstead Road Redbourne – 40mph Cherry Tree Lane to SMA jt A5183 r’bt
Redbourne Lane Redbourne/Harpenden – HFS jt A5183 r’bt to W Hatching Green Close
Redbourn Road St Albans – HFS jt/end of hatching A4147 r’bt to SMA jt o/s Prae Mill Hotel
Redbourn Road St Albans – SMA jt 80m SE Keepers Cottage to surface jt 130m S Hogg End Lane
Redding Lane Redbourne – Rear bellmouth A5183 to limit of adoption (30m SE Norrington End Farm gate) excle new SMA
Beesonend Lane Harpenden – Rear bellmouth A5183 to end of metalling
Little Cuts Road Wheathampstead – B652 to Limit of Adoption
Beechtree Lane Appspond – SMA jt A4147 to Limit of adoption ( concrete road o/s cottages)
Little Revel End Lane Redbourne – Holtsmere Lane to rear bellmouth B487
Holtsmere Lane Redbourne – SMA jt B487 to Gaddesden Lane
Hollybush Lane Wheathampstead – SD jt Mackerye End to limit of adoption (gate Eight Acres)
Common Lane Harpenden – N Sauncey Wood Lane to S Bower Heath