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PRESS RELEASE IMMEDIATE 28.7.08 Hastings Alliance for Sustainable Transport Solutions says: Time for intelligent debate as link road costs more than double. Speaking for the Alliance, Chairman Nick Bingham said: Costs have more than doubled from £47m to close on … Continue reading →

A year ago, East Sussex County Council (ESCC) applied for planning consent for the Bexhill to Hastings Link Road (BHLR). Government"s own bodies object to BHLR There were almost 2000 objections to the scheme and only a handful of representations … Continue reading →

The Hastings Alliance will gain valuable publicity by appearing in an ITV documentary “Focus” on 13th November 2007. The programme will feature Jenny Yeo, who has been driven from her farm in the Combe Valley by the proposal to build … Continue reading →

Natural England – the Statutory Environment Body formed through a merger between the Countryside Agency and English Nature – has put in an official objection to the proposed Bexhill-Hastings Link Road. They make three main objections: The potential impact to … Continue reading →

Since the start of the official objection period on 25th May 2007, the County Council has counted 1,854 objections to the proposed link road, 49 expressions of support, and 8 “other”. Council staff are still working their way through the … Continue reading →

The Hastings Alliance, an umbrella group of organizations opposed the the building of the Bexhill to Hastings link road, submitted its own official objection in August 2007. Read the full text of The Hastings Alliance’s objection (pdf 164kb)

Flood risk assessment “inadequate” The environment agency has put in an official objection to the plans for the proposed Bexhill-Hastings link road, describing the flood risk assessment as “inadequate” and the ecological impact as “unacceptable”. The proposed road goes right … Continue reading →

On 25th May 2007, the Council officially unveiled the plans for the proposed link road, and the official 6-week objection started. Read the Council’s official announcement here. Read our latest press releases below to see why we think this road … Continue reading →

The Hastings Alliance is questioning the competence of transport planners at County Hall for not establishing more accurate costs for the proposed Link Road between Hastings and Bexhill. The government approved £47 million of national funding for the scheme back … Continue reading →

HASTINGS ALLIANCE PRESS RELEASE – IMMEDIATE Report from Government Transport Adviser supports case for re-appraisal of Bexhill to Hastings Link Road, a flawed major road scheme. National environmental organisations (1) today backed a call for a number of highly environmentally … Continue reading →