12:33pm Wednesday 17th March 2010
By Alex Lewis
St Albans MP Anne Main challenged the Government to provide more cash for repairing Hertfordshire roads in the House of Commons last night.
She intervened in a speech by Transport Minister Sadiq Khan, pointing out the poor state of local roads after the hard weather, and pleading for more money.
After the debate, she said: "The roads in St Albans are in a dreadful state. We need fairer funding for our area to address this and local roads need urgent repair.
"Hertfordshire Highways has been given a good rating for what it does with the funds available, and Hertfordshire County Council has allocated more funding to the problem, but lack of adequate funding from central government has meant our roads have suffered for many years.
"The situation has reached breaking point and I felt it was important to challenge ministers directly."
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