I have just heard that the County Council has employed a contractor to repair the surface of Partridge Hill in Ashwell, which is in very poor condition due to heavy rain washing so much of the old surface away (some of it onto Newnham Way). There is a longer term plan to improve the drainage, […]

It is good to hear that Herts County Council and Cambridgeshire County Council look like agreeing that people from both counties can use one another’s waste and recycling sites. When Herts County Council decided to ban those from outside the county from its recycling centres I argued that rather than do this they should be […]

The work on the A505 has now been going on for more than two weeks, although nothing has actually been done for any of the last week. Although the road clearly needed some repairs it really should not take this long – and it seems that it will be at least another two days. I […]

It’s good to hear that Weston is eligible for a “Fibre Community Partnership project to get people served by the Weston phone exchange faster broadband. To make it happen Weston residents need to sign up at https://www.openreach.com/connectmycommunity If you enter your postcode you can see how many people have signed up and how many more […]

Many people have commented that the grass has been too long at most of the junctions along the A505 – from the Newmarket Road junction in Royston right through to the Slip End junction – and that this makes it difficult for drivers to see when pulling out. Whilst there are lots of roadside verges […]

Herts County Council is now apparently talking to Cambridgeshire (and Central Beds and Essex) about allowing residents to use one another’s recycling centres. Whilst this is happening I am told that the ban on people from Cambridgeshire using the Royston recycling centre will not be enforced. I asked them to do this instead of introducing […]

I have been re-elected as District Councillor for Weston & Sandon ward. The result was Steve Jarvis (Lib Dem) 583Conservative 104Labour 55 Majority 479 Thanks to all those who supported me.

It’s disappointing to hear that Arriva have pulled out of the scheme to have electric buses in Stevenage. They were going to get £6.1 million towards the cost. Arriva seem to be saying that this because not enough people are using buses in Stevenage. At least as far as the SB7 to Great Ashby is […]

The section of the A505 between Baldock and Royston from the junction at Slip End to the junction at Odsey has been the scene of more than 20 collisions where people were injured over the last five years including one fatal collision. Getting the junctions changed could take years, so I have pressed the County […]

I have just been told that work to repair the hole in Hinxworth Road, Ashwell should start today and should be completed this week (depending on the weather). It is not just a case of filling the pothole since apparently the base of the road (beneath the road surface) has washed away and there is […]