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BHLR: DELAY – COSTS INCREASE – APOLOGIES – BLAME

There has been a long time lapse since the last update – apologies for that. This is a quick update and will be followed in the next two weeks with latest news and also comment on transport issues in Hastings, … Continue reading

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MASSIVELY EXPENSIVE BHLR : TRAGICOMEDY CONTINUES : ELECTION – QUESTIONS FOR CANDIDATES

So much is wrong with the Bexhill to Hastings Link Road (BHLR) that it would be very fertile ground for a film, play – or comic opera. One aspect of the saga is the ever rising cost, so where better to … Continue reading

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EAST SUSSEX: UNCERTAIN ROLE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORT ?

PROPOSED CUTS IN BUS SERVICES There has been a massive response to the County County consultation on its proposed cuts, though there’s a high probability that the complex design of the questionnaire will have deterred many from attempting to fill … Continue reading

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SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT IN THE SHADOW OF BHLR

SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT NEWS UPDATE Bexhill to Hastings Link Road (BHLR) ‘Complementary Measures’ – Offsetting Environmental Destruction – Real Time Bus Information – Access to Hospital, or not – Glyne Gap Station – Bus Service Cuts – Challenging £multi-million South Coast … Continue reading

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GLYNE GAP STATION/BETTER ALTERNATIVES PLEASE/AMBER RUDD’S PUSH FOR MORE CONGESTION/KIDS CUT OFF FROM NATURE

GLYNE GAP STATION PLANS ”Should be retained for the next planning period” – JRC Consultancy report January, 2014. Concurrent with the demonstration in support of a new station at Glyne Gap, and following a formal objection to deletion of the … Continue reading

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DELETION OF GLYNE GAP STATION PLAN ‘POINTLESS’/FLOODS BRING TEMPORARY TRANQUILLITY TO COMBE HAVEN

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To coincide with the opening of the new Marks and Spencers store at Ravenside (Glyne Gap) on the 28th November, Campaign for Better Transport – East Sussex, and the Hastings Alliance, held a demonstration to publicise the absence of a … Continue reading

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COMBE HAVEN, OCTOBER 2013.

Combe Haven and its smaller tributary valleys are currently being transformed by construction works on a massive scale – and this is only the beginning. Doubtless, many of those who have cherished the experience of walking in these valleys in … Continue reading

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LINK ROAD – ESCC COUNCILLOR: ‘INVESTMENT AN EXACT SCIENCE’ ; GATHERING IN THE VALLEY

BHLR – COSTS RISE £13.35m. The costs increase, funded entirely by the county’s council tax payers, was approved by ESCC 0n the 10th July, bringing the current total of public funding required to £113.35m. This increase alone could have funded  … Continue reading

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ROADS TO NOWHERE – NATIONAL RALLY, CROWHURST, JULY 13TH/MEETING WITH AMBER RUDD, MP/FATE OF LAPWINGS’ YOUNG

THE RALLY A national rally will be held at Crowhurst recreation ground on Saturday, July 13th to protest against the government’s aggressive and destructive roads programme. Come along to hear speakers and learn more about the Bexhill to Hastings Link … Continue reading

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MP AMBER RUDD AND CHANCELLOR OSBORNE CLOSE EYES TO EVIDENCE

In the Hastings Observer of 31st May, Amber Rudd, MP for Hastings and Rye, repeats the call for the Baldslow Link in order to solve congestion problems on The Ridge. It would do no such thing. Read our counter letter: … Continue reading

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