By Deborah Price Local Democracy Reporter - Hertfordshire
Access to fast broadband speeds was highlighted at a meeting involving senior Hertfordshire politicians. Credit: PA The relatively low access to faster broadband across Hertfordshire has been highlighted at a meeting involving council leaders. More and more people are being forced to rely on virtual links for business and leisure - and access to faster broadband connections has never been more important. But at a meeting of the Hertfordshire Growth Board on March 30, chief executive of the Local Enterprise Partnership, Neil Hayes, revealed that availability of faster fibre to the premises broadband (FTTP) in the county was relatively poor.
CGI of what Marlborough Pavilion could look like A project to rebuild a community centre has taken a step forward with a planning application imminent. St Albans District Council is proposing to demolish Marlborough Pavilion, off Cottonmill Lane, near Sopwell, and create a new community hub. The new design includes a main hall of 100 square metres, a café, a kitchen suitable for providing event catering and Changing Places toilets. There will also be wudu wash facilities for members of the Muslim community to carry out ablutions before prayer and a multi-faith quiet room for anyone to use for personal reflection or prayer.
An artist’s impression of how the new play area will look. note that some park trees not shown in the image will not be removed. Credit: St Albans District Council Work is to begin next month on a new £220,000 children’s playground in St Albans. The attraction at Clarence Park will include over 35 exciting features including a rope bridge, musical bandstand, swings, cricket pavilion multi-play unit, slide and zip wire. The play area was designed by specialist firm Kompan which was also the contractor for the new Verulamium Park play area. Work on the Clarence Park project will begin on March 8 when the existing playground will be closed.
This junction of Watling Street and Harper Lane has partially closed A refurbished road junction that opened just three days ago has shut again because of safety concerns. A bridge in Harper Lane, by Watling Street near Radlett, finally reopened to the public on Tuesday after nearly seven months, but the opening has been short-lived. Hertfordshire County Council officers visited the new junction in Watling Street on Thursday and, according to an update from county councillor Caroline Clapper, found significant safety concerns after they watched larger vehicles try and turn right out of Harper Lane towards Park Street. Barely a day after the junction opened, a railing and traffic light pole was struck and damaged, which officers say was the result of vehicles struggling to make a tight turn because of a new central reservation. Vehicles have also had to mount a pavement to make the turn which is putting pedestrians at risk.
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