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Herts Highways is poor value for money

February 27, 2010 10:37 AM
Hertfordshire Highways van

Herts Highways - poor value for money

Hertfordshire road maintenance costs 81% more than average

Figures which compare spending by different councils on road maintenance confirm what many of us have believed for some time - Herts County Council is appallingly inefficient at mending the roads.

Herts CC spends £12,643 for every kilometre of road maintained, compared with an average of £6,971 for similar councils. They say that is because there is 35% more traffic in Herts, but that scarcely accounts for them spending 81% more on maintenance!

Certainly they are not spending the money to maintain the roads to a higher standard.

Highways robbery

Highways Robbery

This vindicates what the Liberal Democrats been saying all along - namely that Herts Highways, a partnership between the council and the private sector, is delivering very poor value.

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