Snow had been forecast for the East of Kent, 4 days in advance of the latest snowfalls. Kent County Council have been announcing, proudly, that they have plenty of salt. So why, oh why, was it not on the roads of Shepway last night and today?
Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate Lynne Beaumont has renewed her challenge to other Parliamentary candidates to make an expenses pledge to voters after Conservative MP Michael Howard failed in his appeal against an order to pay back more than £7,000 in expenses.
At the February full parish council meeting in Sandgate, Lib Dem Cllr Season Prater put forward a motion in a bid to re-invigorate the tourism in Sandgate. The motion was agreed by all present, starting a new vital link between the parish council and Discover Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh (DFH&RM).
Lynne Beaumont has called on Members of Parliament to be sent to prison if found guilty of false accounting in their expense claims. The Public Prosecutions Director has said that three Labour MPs and one Tory peer are to face charges under the Theft Act over their expenses claims.
Kent Highway Services are planning to footway reconstruction works along the length of Christ Church Road, Folkestone. The works are planned to start on the 8th February 2010 for a period of 3 days, and involve the replacement of the existing footway surface on the north side of Christ Church Road, Folkestone from its junction with Sandgate Road for approximately 65 metres.
Kent Trading Standards have received reports concerning a man who purports to be a policeman contacting businesses by phone. The trader is told that they have been called as they are a trusted trader and that the police are running a magazine highlighting the work of rogue traders and want to include a section on trusted traders.
Kent Highways will be carrying out carriageway resurfacing in Surrenden Road, Cheriton. The resurfacing will start at the junction with Wells Road running through to the junction of Harcourt Road. The works will start on Thursday 11th February 2010 for 2 days
The latest edition of "Inside Track" newsletter produced by Kent County Council External Funding Unit, which contains the latest information on national, regional and local sources of funding, has been published and is available at http://tinyurl.com/yz8dq69
The Creative Foundation is holding the first of a series of open evenings, designed to provide an opportunity to exchange news and ideas about developments in the Creative Quarter, on Thursday 18th February at 6pm at Quarterhouse in Tontine Street.
Cheriton Councillor Tim Prater is looking into the possibility of reinstating a public toilet into Cheriton Rec after a request from a local resident. The resident was pleased about plans to improve Cheriton Rec with new facilities, but raised the issue that with the nearest public toilets being some way away in Somerset Road and having no family facilities, the lack of a toilet in the park could be a public health issue.
Contracts worth £13.6 million for cleaning chemicals and £2.6m for breakfast supplies have been put out for tender by Kent County Council.
Cheriton Councillor Peter Carroll is furious about new Kent plans for Royal Military Avenue, Cheriton. After years of pushing, Kent agreed to consult local residents on 2 schemes in the road, one with oblique "nose in" parking, and another with a chevron down the road to slow traffic.
