Chris White today challenged Herts Highways over performance, concentrating on a number of areas:
– the way the county council determines its priorities, given that the list of roads to be repaired almost invariably defies public expectations
– the problem that the system anyway seems to favour rural areas over urban areas
– the way in which publicly given commitments are too frequently reneged on, often for no good reason
– the way public money is wasted on poorly planned or poorly executed work, which then has to be redone
– the lack of information available to the public or to councilors on the web.

Chris also flagged up the St Albans highways survey, put together by the Liberal Democrats, which is now due to come to committee in October.

Chris says: ‘There are some serious issues of performance here. I am glad that we got some time with Herts Highways and some indications of action. But it remains to be seen what will come of our concerns.’