As residents will know, grass cutting on the Croft Estate this year has been a fiasco. Arrangements have always been difficult as both Dacorum Borough Council and Herts County Council are each responsible for different areas of grass.
All contracts were due for renewal this year and Dacorum got themselves organised, issued new contracts and began cutting their grass. The County however did not renew their contracts and while nothing was done, their grass (mainly the verges) continued to grow taller and taller. Despite numerous phone calls and e-mails to Herts C.C. from our Parish Clerk and our Borough Councillor, the grass was still uncut in July. When the Parish Council were told by County “that the matter should be resolved by September” they decided it was time to act and asked Arthur Hirst, our Village Warden, if he would tackle the job. Arthur has been doing his best to reduce the hayfields with limited mowing equipment.
The Parish Council intend to pursue this matter with Hertfordshire County Council. Their performance to date is just not acceptable. Liz Holliday