High score for county's roads and bus services
Leicestershire's roads and transport network have scored highly on a nationwide satisfaction survey.
The 2012 National Highways and Transport survey asked road users what they thought of issues such as the condition of roads and pavements and the quality of bus services.
While satisfaction levels fell in many areas from last year, Leicestershire County Council, which manages the road network, was ranked the best county council for the third year running.
Out of 75 authorities, it was ranked 18th. Leicester City Council does nor appear in the survey.
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Councillor Lesley Pendleton, County Hall's spokesman for environment and transport, said: "We are pleased that our work has been recognised in this way.
"The survey is very useful as it enables us to pinpoint successful projects, spot trends and work with partners to deliver high-quality services."
To see the results, visit:
www.nhtsurvey.org
Comments
by FredPittwood
Sunday, October 28 2012, 3:13PM
“I thought this sounded too good to be true - literally.
The headline figure does indeed show Leicestershire doing well in many matters compared to some other authorities nationally but that is not necessarily good news when the national picture is getting worse, as the survey shows.
The 1,111 people who responded rated Leicestershire 18th across the country and said that the things they counted as important have got worse in the last year by a factor of 2.37. See http://tinyurl.com/9v2bmv3
Worst performing is "Highway Condition" , "reducing traffic" and "traffic pollution" and best performing is "Taxi Services".
Let's hope the detail is used by those in power to stop the decline; I fear complacency is a more likely option.
The only people connected with this who deserve a bonus are the Leicestershire County Council Press Office, not the Highways Department.”