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Environment leaflets
A set of leaflets describing aspects of the departments work.These are Adobe Acrobat pdf files that you can view and print.
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The county council has a legal duty to provide household waste recycling centres and to arrange for the disposal of the waste from these sites along with the household waste collected by the district councils.
The Environment Department plays a key role in collecting, storing and making sense of a wide range of information to protect and enhance the county’s environment.
We are here to help people enjoy the countryside and what it has to offer both conveniently and safely.
As the highway authority, Hertfordshire County Council’s Environment Department is responsible for maintaining most of the county’s roads and pavements.
Several types of minerals are found in Hertfordshire and the quarrying of these can sometimes cause problems for local people.
The county council’s Environment Department has a set of charter promises – standards and targets you can expect us to achieve and against which you can judge our performance.
Passenger transport services include buses, coaches, minibuses, Dial a Ride, taxis and trains.
There is a system of planning which operates within Hertfordshire with the aim of ensuring that Hertfordshire remains the green and pleasant place it is.
The Road Safety Unit works closely with many people who have an interest in reducing road accidents and casualties across the county.
If you feel we have done something wrong, or if we have failed to do something we should have done, then please let us know – we welcome all your feedback, good or bad.
There are a number of engineering measures that we can use to help make our roads safer, including traffic calming and safety cameras.
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