Building work in Ascot Road is well underway. Credit: Lynda Bullock/Watford Observer Camera Club New images have shown the progress made in one of Watford’s biggest and most transformative housing developments. In 2017, planning permission was granted to build 485 homes in Ascot Road, including a “gateway” 24 storey 81 metre tall tower. At the time, it was the tallest ever building to be given approval in the town, and despite hundreds of objections from the public, Watford Borough Council passed the scheme. Nearly four years on and building work in the west of the town is well underway despite the plug being pulled on the Met Line Extension.
Lovely light (no tunnel) on Chorleywood Common. Credit: Tracey Phillipps The schools are back, people can begin to visit loved ones in care homes and the number of people to receive the vaccine continues to grow with each day that passes - the light at the end of the tunnel continues is glowing a little brighter. ‘Light at the end of the tunnel’ is the new monthly theme for our camera club members and whether they have interpreted it literally or metaphorically, they have again captured some lovely pictures around the Watford area and elsewhere this week as you can see by scrolling through this page.
By Lewis Berrill @LewisBerrill Chief reporter - east London and west Essex
Watford High Street - house prices in the town have gone up in the last year. House prices are on the rise across most of Hertfordshire. The coronavirus pandemic has seen more people moving out of the capital to homes in the surrounding towns. With freedom to work from home, potential buyers have been looking for more space and to get further away from the city. Unsurprisingly, this has led to rising house prices in much of Hertfordshire. In fact, the pandemic as a whole has not slowed the growth of house prices across the country.
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A major road in Watford has fully reopened following a burst pipe. Rickmansworth Road in the town centre reopened last night (Wednesday) after water supplier Affinity Water completed all of the repairs. The road had been shut near the junction of Rosslyn Road since Saturday following a burst water main. The closure caused traffic delays non-stop near the town hall roundabout but these queues have now cleared. Affinity Water had hoped to reopen the road sooner but says work to repair the road surface took longer than expected . Rickmansworth Road on Saturday. Credit: Stephen Danzig/Watford Observer Camera Club The company said it first became aware of a problem in Watford on Saturday when a large burst was reported outside Watford Colosseum.