Marshalswick South Focus Team

Councillors, Rod Perks and Allan Witherick working with Andrew Duff MEP and Melvyn Teare for you Learn more

Archive for the ‘Highways’ Category

Why be in government?

by awitherick on 26 December, 2010

With the parliamentary party in government, Liberal Democrats often get asked why are they in a coalition with the Tories. Have “we” given up our principles for power? Do we agree with what the coalition government is doing? All kinds of different questions, especially in light of recent entrapment exercises with the press which showed […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Salt levels…

by awitherick on 24 December, 2010

The salt stock level in Hertfordshire on the 19 December was was 4,200 tonnes, less than a week later on the 23 December it had fallen to barely 2,700 tonnes. Cllr Allan Siao Ming Witherick said “Based on the current usage rates that’s less than 2 weeks worth of salt.  It’s no surprise that the […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Where’s the salt?

by awitherick on 22 December, 2010

Liberal Democrats at Hertfordshire County Council have been left astounded by the county council’s admissions over salt and grit levels. Cllr Stephen Giles-Medhurst (Central Watford and Oxhey), Opposition Highways Spokesperson, started pushing for updates on the situation on the roads on Saturday. The county council heaped glowing praise on itself for its response to the […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Snow again, be prepared!

by awitherick on 16 December, 2010

As the snow falls (well it’s stopped already again now!) we’ve been working hard to try an insure that the roads have been properly gritted. But we’ve also been looking at other alternatives. Liberal Democrat run St Albans City & District Council has been trialing a new system on the pavement called “Safethaw”. If successful […]

Read more    Leave a comment

This will be going out in the local papers soon. Parts of Valley Road are in need of resurfacing works and we’ve been fighting for it for some time. The area to be closed are: 1. The length of Valley Road, St Albans from its junction with Beech Road north westwards to its junction with […]

Read more    Leave a comment

SCHOOL CLOSURES LINK FOR ST ALBANS AND HERTS

by awitherick on 30 November, 2010

The Herts County Council website seems not to be coping with snow traffic (surprise!). The above link will take you straight to school closures. (Thanks to Lib Dem county website: www.sixtofix.co.uk) http://www.imodus.com/summary.aspx?company=99 Weather update 30 November 2010 for Batchwood and Marshalswick secondary schools. STAGS: “wear warm clothes and sensible footwear” Townsend: School OPEN but make […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Which Road today?

by awitherick on 18 November, 2010

Fighting to ensure that essential services are provided and local views are taken in to account are the bread and butter work of your local Liberal Democrat Councillors. The state of our roads is one of the issues which impacts every resident almost every day and something we put top of our six to fix […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Everyday literally millions of children make their way to school via a variety of means. For those living in the Boundary Road area for example it means what feels like hundreds of children and cars making their way down tiny narrow roads to get to the schools, and of course out again. Work has gone […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Part of Valley Road is due to be “reinstated” on the 29 November during the day.  This will lead to vehicles being re-routed between approximately 8am and 3pm along Beech Road and Firbank Road.  This is so that the 342m stretch of Valley Road between Firbank andBeech Road so that carriage way reinstatement works can […]

Read more    Leave a comment

Christmas Cheer, icy pavements and local shops

by awitherick on 26 October, 2010

Strange to think we’re still on British SUMMER Time, if only just. Already enough shops are selling their Christmas gifts and the papers are advertising restaurants for the obligatory (and occasionally embarrassing) staff outings. There is however Christmas cheer for shoppers and shops alike in St Albans. Surveys undertaken over the summer this year showed […]

Read more    Leave a comment