Entries from March 2007

March 26, 2007

Rail services ‘88% over capacity’

The 0718 Cambridge to London figures in this report at 85% over capacity.

BBC NEWS | England | Rail services ‘88% over capacity’:
Rail passengers often have to stand on their daily commute
Some train routes in England and Wales are running at almost double capacity, according to new research.”

March 19, 2007

The ‘Digital’ House

The Digital House is the result of two and a half years work by architects Bell Travers Willson who hope to encourage traditional house builders to adopt new technologies to speed up house building and also give more flexibility in design. Using CAD/CAM techniques scaled up from electronics and furniture manufacturer, the house is [...]

March 8, 2007

Lee Valley Caravan Park to close

Dobbs Weir Caravan Park is to close in preparation for redevelopment for the 2012 Olympics. The white-water canoe slalom course is to be built nearby and the caravan site is to be incorporated into the new scheme. Not surprisingly this hasn’t gone down well with the people who have caravans on the site. More by [...]

March 8, 2007

Westminster Hall debates — Hertfordshire Housing Targets

Peter Lilly and Anne Main secured a Westminster Hall debate on the Hertfordshire Housing Targets that took place on the 30th Jan 2007. There were a number of Hertfordshire MP’s who took part and Megg Munn (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Women and Equality), Department for Communities and Local Government) put the Government’s case.
There is a full transcript [...]

March 7, 2007

St Albans District Council objects to district housing plans

Here’s the opening of the press release, follow the link for the full text.

St Albans District Council – Press Room – News Releases – Full News Release: “Council objects to housing plans for district [...]

March 4, 2007

Beginnings

Hertfordshire has many pressures on it as one of the counties next to London. This blog is an attempt to bring together news on travel, transport, planning and the environment in the county, and to try and weave a more coherent picture from it all.