Hertfordshire road maintenance costs 81% more than average

6.19.00pm GMT Fri 26th Feb 2010

Herts Highways is poor value for money

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.

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.