News - Mid Suffolk Liberal Democrats

Are Grayling and Khan Playing Games with Watford's Transport Links?

The creation of a suburban Metro, the devolution of London's suburban rail services from the Department for Transport (DfT) to Transport for London (TfL) and strong support for Crossrail 2 are key elements in the Mayor of London's, Sadiq Khan's, draft transport strategy. Sadiq Khan and his team had worked extensively on his plans during 2016. Unfortunately, and for no good reason I can think of, the Conservative Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, withdrew DfT involvement, which has slowed the process down.

2 Sep 2017

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North, Midland and West Rail Electrification - a Premature Cancellation based on Panic, Politics and Prejudice

The Tories' unexpected and disasterous cancellation of the electrification of the rail lines from Cardiff to Swansea, Oxenholme to Windermere and on the Midland Mainline North of Kettering is a huge setback for our railways, the regions, the travelling public and the environment. Electrification means faster journeys, extra capacity, greater efficiency and a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions. Investment as planned that would have produced huge benefits later.

3 Sep 2017

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Dacorum Traffic Regulation and Proposed Restrictions - Update

London Road, Hemel Hempstead - Waiting Restrictions

9 Sep 2017

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Stop Press! Lib Dem Success in Cambridgeshire Council By-Election

Council By Election Win for Lib Dems as Tories drop by 20%

9 Sep 2017

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The Delayed Sheffield Tram-Train Finally Starts Services on the Supertram Network. An Eventual Model for Hertfordshire?

25 years behind the first successful link between a light rail and a normal rail network constructed in 1992 in Karlsruhe, the first trams designed to run on the first such link in the UK (dubbed "tram-train") have finally been introduced into passenger service.

19 Sep 2017

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"Safer A507" Petitioners Disappointed by Decision of Hertfordshire Tories

Huge volumes of traffic, sharp bends, low bridges have been causing problems for years on the A507, which, for an "A" road, is quite narrow in places. Villages are plagued with congestion and pollution and HGVs have difficulty in passing each other in several places. In addition, there have been numerous bridge strikes as larger HGVs, misled by inaccurate satvav, are too tall to get under the Baldock railway bridge.

23 Sep 2017

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