Last week Hertfordshire was allocated £3.6M from the government flood recovery fund.  Leader of the Opposition, County Councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst, commented: “£3.6 million pounds is a step in the right direction.  Now the county must prioritise and spend this wisely as there is a huge amount of work to be done.

“Of course, if the local Conservatives had listened to the Liberal Democrats and implemented our budget proposal we would be spending another £9M, which would make a real difference to our highways.  There is still a shortfall of funding for the work that needs to be done, and County need to address this urgently”.