Herts roads are worse than the national average

7.46.51pm GMT Mon 4th Jan 2010

In the week before Christmas the Department for Transport released statistics which showed that, unsurprisingly for most Herts residents, that the Roads in Hertfordshire are worse than the national average and deteriorating fast.

County Councillor Stephen Giles-Medhurst, Liberal Democrat Spekesperson on Roads said: 'The Tories keep telling us how wonderful their Asset Management system is, but this independent research shows that they're just overseeing the gradual collapse of the road network. The roads have got notably worse during the life of the last council. Pot hole filling doesn't solve the problem.'

Liberal Democrat County Councillor Malcolm Cowan added: 'I have just seen major damage in Handside Lane, WGC, in a section that was resurfaced (twice) only a year or so ago, so it is not frost getting in. The lack of quality control that this demonstrates is truly appalling.'

ENDS