The local campaign for the upgrading of the much used path between Hillside Road and Townsend Avenue is growing in strength. Local councillors Sheila Burton and Chris White are pressing the county council to identify who is responsible for the path and to spend some money on bringing it up to scratch.

Sheila says: ‘”My children used this path to go to Maple school. To see it in this muddy state now is very daunting. We need to encourage as many pupils as possible to walk to school. This path needs urgent attention.”

We understand that Herts Highways will be having a preliminary look today (although it is not clear that this is their path).