Olympic Torch Route to be made “Fit for purpose”

The Conservative cabinet of Herts County Council has been forced to recognise that Hertfordshire’s roads are nothing to be proud of, adopting an amended recommendation that gives the Highways portfolio holder authority to sort out the state of the roads along the Olypmic Torch Relay route.

Liberal Democrat Highways spokesperson, County Councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst, said:

“Having the Olympic Torch pass through a number of our towns and villages is a distinct honour. It says a lot that the Conservatives felt they needed to amend their own officers’ recommendation to ensure, as they themselves admitted at the Full Council meeting last week, that the roads to be used are ‘fit for purpose’.

“It shows that they might finally be waking up to how disgraceful many of our roads are in Hertfordshire. Now that they are going to be put on show to the world, they seem to be taking belated action.”

Lib Dem Councillor Allan Witherick, who attended the meeting which saw the recommendation amended, said:

“What the Conservative Cabinet seems to have decided is that, if you live on the Olympic Torch route, you can look forward to your road being brought up to the decent standard that most of us would expect. But if you’re waiting for your road to be done elsewhere in the county, good luck: it could well end up being dropped off the list while the roads on the Torch route are done up.”

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