Chris White, councillor for Clarence Ward, has called on the county and district councils to resurface the Alban Way.

Chris said: ‘I raised this issue at Thursday’s scrutiny committee, looking at green transport. It is quite clear that the surface is unsuitable for cycles – in contrast to the section in Welwyn Hatfield which has been properly mettled.

‘If we want people to be able to cycle both within and between districts then it has to have some money spent on it.’

Chris was assured by officials that the county council would be interested if the district was.

He commented: ‘The ball seems now to be in the district council’s court – I would like to see early action on this long-standing problem.’