Liberal Democrat Councillor Responds to Dacorum Borough's Draft Design Guide for New Housing Developments
Draft Strategic Design Guide SPD
3 Sep 2020
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Railfreight is Starting to Move Away from Diesel with Freightliner Looking for Greener Efficiency
Freightliner, a railfreight company that specialises in regular scheduled trains of a standard length between dedicated freight terminals, is now owned by Genesee & Wyoming Inc, an American rail holding company operating on 116 owned or leased rail lines in the US and Canada and national rail networks in Europe and the UK. Freightliner UK has recently acquired 13 Class 90 locomotives from Porterbrook Leasing to complement its existing 10 locomotives and 90014 is the second such locomotive to be repainted in the G&W livery.
5 Sep 2020
All Denmark's City Buses will be All-Electric before Long - an Example for Hertfordshire to Follow
In July 2018, Busselskabet Aarhus Sporveje, the public-transport provider in Aarhus, Jutland's largest town placed an order with Volvo for the supply, service and maintenance for four Volvo 7900 Electric buses. A year later in mid-August 2019 they entered traffic on the Aarhus Central Route 13 , covering 15 kilometres each way between the city centre and the suburb of Frydenlund. It is the very first time that all-electric buses operate in the city. Project Manager Gustav Friis stated, "This is a good first step towards a robust, emission-free mobility system in our town".
5 Sep 2020
Lib Dem Leader, Ed Davey chooses his Team. Layla Moran - Foreign Affairs and International Development
Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey has announced a new team of spokespeople who will hold the Government to account and rebuild our party.
12 Sep 2020
Daisy Cooper MP for St Albans elected by Liberal Democrat MPs to be their Deputy Leader
Announcing this news, Daisy Cooper said,
13 Sep 2020
A Motion Expressing Concern about the Government's Planning White Paper was Passed at DBC Council Meeting
There has been widespread concern among Planning Authorities about several of the proposals in the Government's recently published White Paper, Planning for the Future. The matter was raised and discussed at a meeting of Dacorum Liberal Democrat Councillors and researched by Cllr Liz Uttley and Cllr Nick Hollinghurst. Cllr Uttley found that the Local Government Association, a government supported body which represents all councils and councillors, including of course those that are, like Dacorum Borough Council, Planning Authorities, had produced its own guidelines on this matter and drawn up suggested motions to be put to councils. She then used this as a model to produce a motion to be put to the Council Meeting held on 16th September, 2020.
17 Sep 2020