Letter sent to the KM:
Dear Editor,
It is rare for a Green to speak out against a bus lane, but putting one through Mote Park would surely be a disastrous piece of vandalism, especially as there are two clear alternatives.
The best option would surely be to use the Loose Road, continuing the bus lanes from the A274. The Loose Road already has four lanes. two of which could easily become bus lanes. To prevent too much of a squeeze on car drivers, the frequency of buses would need to be dramatically increased. Alternatively, the A20 could be widened without encroaching on the park to allow a bus lane from Willington Street into town.
Aside from the environmental vandalism that a bus lane through Mote Park would be, bus lanes should serve people and there aren't that many people living in the Park.
Stuart Jeffery
Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Maidstone and the Weald
Green Party campaigner in Kent. Also a nurse, academic, former manager, writer, Druid, husband and father...
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Monday, 10 November 2008
Sunday, 21 September 2008
KM letter on hypocrisy
Letter in this week's Kent Messenger:
Dear Editor,
In last weeks letters page, former LibDem council leader Mick Stevens stated that the public no longer trust politicians, citing conflicting conservative opinion on migrant workers (KM 12 Sep). However in the same week, the Lib Dems were berating the Tories for abandoning election promises for a park and ride in south Maidstone, while being responsible for closing the nearby South Park park and ride just last year.
It also seems that the Tories want to plough the money into road building in Maidstone, putting the All Saints Link Road and Leeds / Langley Bypass back on track rather than supporting people to leave their cars at home. Building more roads at the expense of public transport is contradictory to trying to encourage people to be 'In Town Without Your Car'.
Perhaps hypocrisy is another reason that the public have stopped trusting politicians? Fortunately we still have some excellent role models such as those fantastic year 5 pupils from East Borough!
In last weeks letters page, former LibDem council leader Mick Stevens stated that the public no longer trust politicians, citing conflicting conservative opinion on migrant workers (KM 12 Sep). However in the same week, the Lib Dems were berating the Tories for abandoning election promises for a park and ride in south Maidstone, while being responsible for closing the nearby South Park park and ride just last year.
It also seems that the Tories want to plough the money into road building in Maidstone, putting the All Saints Link Road and Leeds / Langley Bypass back on track rather than supporting people to leave their cars at home. Building more roads at the expense of public transport is contradictory to trying to encourage people to be 'In Town Without Your Car'.
Perhaps hypocrisy is another reason that the public have stopped trusting politicians? Fortunately we still have some excellent role models such as those fantastic year 5 pupils from East Borough!
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Stuart Jeffery
Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Maidstone and the Weald
Stuart Jeffery
Green Party Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Maidstone and the Weald
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