Nearly £2m of county council Section 106 money has been spent in Borehamwood, an FOI has revealed.
A Freedom of Information request was submitted to Hertfordshire County Council which asked for all the monies spent across the county.
Following a breakdown of projects, figures show that £1.8m has been spent in Borehamwood and £1.7m in Elstree since 2012/13.
Section 106 money is from developers and helps pay towards the costs of providing community and social infrastructure; the need for it coming as a result of development.
Much of the money has been spent on school expansions within Borehamwood, most notably at Summerswood Primary School, Parkside, and Hertswood School and more recently Hertswood Academy.
£1.1m was spent on the Elstree crossroads junction improvement scheme.
The money has also been used for a number of traffic calming measures.
In Melrose Avenue, just over £71,000 was spent in 2013/14 while speed reduction measures in Cobden Hill/Watling Street in Radlett cost around £16,500.
£70,000 of section 106 money was spent on the pedestrian crossing outside Elstree University Technical College while £70,000 was put forward for the provision of an improved pedestrian crossing in Elstree Way in 2015/16.
£11,000 was spent on the upgrade of bus stops in Balmoral Drive and Allum Lane.
Borehamwood Library also received nearly £100,000 s106 monies.
Across Hertfordshire, £57 Section 106 money has been spent since 2012/2013.
£7m has been spent in Watford.
The FOI was submitted by the chairman of Elstree & Borehamwood Residents' Association, Andy Lewis.
The list below shows how Borehamwood has compared to other major towns across the county since 2012/13
Berkhamsted - £1.5m
Watford - £6.7m
St Albans - £5.7m
Hatfield - £6.5m
Hemel Hempstead - £3.4m
Stevenage - £5.6m
Bushey - £2.3m
Welwyn Garden City - £900,000
Hertford - £1.1m
Hitchin - £1.1m
Harpenden - £485,000
Radlett - £200,000
Shenley - £126,000
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