Marshalswick South residents will be able to enjoy an action-packed weekend on Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th January 2011 when over 40 of our top tourist attractions, hotels, leisure centres and restaurants celebrate the ninth St Albans City and District Residents First Weekend. Residents First Weekend is an opportunity for local residents to see local […]

This May we have elections for the District Council, as well as a referendum as to whether we should change the electoral system. Both of these are important: One will set out who will run St Albans City & District Council which is responsible locally for issues such as bin collection, the markets, taxis, council […]

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 […]

Every effort has been made to collect as much refuse and green waste as possible during the snow and the vast majority of collections have been made. Any remaining roads which have not been accessible are listed at http://www.recyclingforapremier.com/ The Council has now made temporary arrangements to collect all waste that is put out in […]

For St Albans City & District Council, including refuse collection you can read more at: http://www.stalbans.gov.uk/advice-and-benefits/emergencies/winterweatherinformation/default.aspx For Hertfordshire County Council: http://www.hertsdirect.org/

The way that Council houses and housing association properties are allocated to people on the waiting list – Choice Based Lettings system – was updated to reflect people’s needs and to make the best use of available properties by the Liberal Democrat Cabinet. The main changes, which will make it easier for people to change […]

A recent committee meeting looked at the wants and needs of the community around leisure based on responses from a focus group. Whilst it was a small sample size it was great to see that the councils current efforts are in the direction that people wanted. A few examples are given below: Cycling. Suggested improvements: […]

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 […]

Shortly after writing the past article the council was informed that the HEEP had won a Bronze Green Apple Award for Environmental Best Practice at the House of Commons on Monday 15 November. The Green Apple Award is one of the most prestigious environmental award schemes in the UK. HEEP is among the winners selected […]

This year the Council has changed its policy to help avoid rubbish piling up in the streets during prolonged periods of snow and ice. For disruptions lasting 1-2 days the Council will operate a Catch Up policy. So if the crews are unable to collect on a Wednesday and Thursday, for example, they will make […]