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Electric Motoring - Tring Liberal Democrat Councillor Picks Up His New Car

Tring's Liberal Democrat County Councillor, Nick Hollinghurst, has now picked up his new Nissan Leaf Acenta. After an hour's discussion with the salesman right at the start, a 30-minute test drive for Nick and Rosemarie, his wife, followed by a 24-hour test hiring (nothing to pay) and a final hour of driving instruction and hints, the purchase of an all-electric vehicle is not something you do without a fair amount of thought.

13 Sep 2015

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Massive Performance Fines For Hertfordshire's Highways Contractor

Herts County Council's main Highways contractor, Ringway has been fined £671,546 over the last two full financial years for failing to do the work it was paid for. In figures exposed by Liberal Democrat Leader and Highways Spokesperson, Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst, shows that Ringway was fined £421,321 in 2013/14 and another £250,225 in 2014/15.

14 Sep 2015

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September in Tring

Saturday 5th to Sunday 27th - Herts Open Studios - 25th Anniversary Show. A 3 week, county-wide opportunity to see art in action, for free! For more information, call in to the Tring Town Council Information Centre for a leaflet, or contact Herts Visual Arts on 07813 100651 or online at www.hvaf.org.uk

17 Sep 2015

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Shock County Council Admission of Failure of its Household Waste Policies

After all the self-promoting press releases from Herts County Council over many years, finally an admission of failure, over the queues and early closing of Household Waste sites ('the tips').

21 Sep 2015

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Government Dramatically Cuts Highways Funding for Herts County Council

Over £7m could be cut from the county council's highways budget in the next five years according to a shock announcement from the Government, reported to the county council's Highways Panel this week.

22 Sep 2015

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East of England Disappointment as Government Puts Soham Rail Improvement Plan on Hold.

For over 10 years Network Rail (and Railtrack before it) have been working with local authorities and industry stakeholders on a project known as F2N to improve the Felixstowe to Nuneaton railfreight route across East of England Region. This had been hampered for decades by lack of capacity, the need to reverse trains to negotiate incomplete junctions and a loading gauge which prevented the new larger transport containers from being carried. As a result, ever increasing container-carrying lorry traffic clogged up the A14. One relatively quick fix to move the larger containers by rail was by raising the clearance through the Ipswich Tunnel - but this route was a long way round for freight destined for the Midlands and the North West. It led south through North London and then onto the West Coast Mainline, reducing capacity for passenger and commuter services. With the development of the East Coast ports proceeding apace, it was decided to implement a series of rail improvement schemes to improve the capacity

27 Sep 2015

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