Hertfordshire Council plans for more tip bins to stop traffic queues

Hertfordshire County Council says the plans will reduce conflict with traffic outside the centres and reduce or stop queuing

A council has submitted plans for more bins at two recycling centres in an attempt to stop queues.

Waste chiefs want to increase the number of bins at tips in Berkhamsted and Bishop's Stortford in Hertfordshire.

Doubling the number of drop off spots is also included in the plans, which Hertfordshire County Council has lodged.

It says the proposals will reduce "risk of conflict with traffic outside".

According to two planning applications which the council has lodged with itself, the schemes will alleviate "current internal circulation difficulties that result in queuing of traffic and delays or inefficiencies in utilising" the facilities.

At Berkhamsted, the authority has plans to make space for 27 bins, up from 22, and to double the number of drop off spaces to 20.

If planning permission is granted, the working area of the site could be extended to an area of trees or scrub vegetation.

At Bishop's Stortford, the authority has plans to make space for 21 bins - up from 17.

The local authority plans to more than double the number of set-down spots, from 10 to 23.

Designers will get rid of an existing prefab building at Bishop's Stortford "for enhanced circulation and traffic management".

Design statements for both applications read: "The enhancement proposals will alleviate the current difficulties in vehicles queuing, reducing risk of conflict with traffic outside the site and minimising the downtime caused by service vehicles."