Good to see Freight Transferred off the Roads and onto Rail. Less Pressure on the A14 Thanks to Partial EU Funding
It had long been identified as a key stategic rail route by the European Commission and a significant amount of […]
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Liberal Democrats Criticise Herts Conservatives’ Plans to Extend Highways Contract for another 5 Years
The Liberal Democrat Opposition councillors at County Hall have been shocked and angered to hear that HCC are intending to […]
Read more →The Delayed Sheffield Tram-Train Finally Starts Services on the Supertram Network. An Eventual Model for Hertfordshire?
They have called for, in particular, the:
However, after considerable discussion the Highways Cabinet Panel decided only to recommend to Cabinet […]
Aldbury Nowers Nature Reserve in Late Summer.
Peace, quiet and butterflies in the tranquility of late summer.
Aldbury Nowers is 11½ hectares (28½ acres) of chalk grassland, scrub […]
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 […]
Read more →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 […]
Read more →Welcome Developments in the Protest against Developments – Miswell Lane Public Open Space!
It has been a long-standing anomaly that a triangle of land off Miswell Lane in Tring was privately owned despite […]
Read more →Smoking Reduction – an International Public Health Success
It is now 10 years ago – on 1st July, 2007 – that it became illegal to smoke in any […]
Read more →In the Nick of time – the Grid Fairy got 4 critical grids cleared before the rain fell in earnest!
Dacorum Borough Council does a really poor job in Tring of sweeping up soil, grit and litter from the gutters.
These […]
West Midlands Rail Franchise Awarded to Abellio JVRail
Yesterday, 10th August, 2017, it was announced that the West Midlands Rail Franchise was awarded to Abellio JVRail, a joint […]
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