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Hertfordshire will be greener and leafier than ever - after the new Lib Dem administration announced a big rise in the number of trees being planted.
 
                
        
         
                
        
        Hertfordshire will be greener and leafier than ever - after the new Lib Dem administration announced a big rise in the number of trees being planted.
 
                
        
        Fixing more potholes, more quickly. That’s the aim of a trial scheme introduced by Liberal Democrats who lead Hertfordshire County Council. The trial will involve crews repairing *all* the potholes - not just the worst ones - within a troublesome section.
 
                
        
        The freedom for residents to use recycling centres will be protected - after Lib Dems scrapped disastrous Tory plans to reduce opening hours, and force users to pre-book visits.
 
                
        
        Lib Dems are now leading Hertfordshire County Council, for the first time in its 136-year history.
 
                
        
        Hertfordshire motorists could face years of further pothole misery, after Tory council leaders renewed a maintenance contract blamed for the appalling state of the county’s roads.
 
                
        
        Conservatives at Herts County Council have blocked Liberal Democrat proposals to fix more potholes, improve services for children with special needs and do more to tackle flooding.