Village faces 35 weeks’ disruption
HOLLINGBOURNE's main street is to be partially – and, at times, completely – closed for up to nine months, while a new gain main is installed. Businesses, including the three pubs, are
bracing themselves for a drop in passing trade. Access for the bus and train services will be affected, and deliveries and pick-ups will be more difficult. One villager said everyone would be af-
fected to some degree, depending on where they live. The project is set to start in Janu- ary but many locals are keen that work does not get under way till after winter. The gas main will run from the A20
roundabout along Eyhorne Street as far as the railway bridge, where it will go up the
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approach to the station. The entire project will last 35 weeks, including possible clo- sure from the A20 to Hasteds for the first 17 weeks. It is this first phase that is likely to cause most disruption, as Eyhorne Street from Hasteds to the railway bridge is wider and could be traffic light-controlled. About a dozen of the residents most af-
fected attended an informal meeting with Southern Gas Networks and its contractor. It was organised by parish councillor John Cobbett, who lives in Eyhorne Street. He said a full public meeting is likely to
be held after the contractor has dug test holes in the street. "Then they will be in a better position to explain what is going to happen."
Mr Cobbett added: "There is going to be
considerable inconvenience in the village. It will affect all people, from the farmer who needs a milk tanker to get down Musket Lane to the double-decker bus that takes the school children swimming each week. It's not just people in the village but also those who live on the Downs who will have diffi- culties. Meanwhile, Christopher Rudgard, who
runs the village shop, is among those who want the scheme's start date delayed till spring. “People, including myself, think it would be madness to start in January. A number of us think they should start in March because the bad weather will be be- hind us and the nights will be lighter."
"Greenway Court Road is not
cancer charity CURVES at Senacre Square held a successful Breast Cancer Awareness Month, raising £2,400 through various fundraising efforts. These included raffles, a “name the teddy” competition and Pink Fridays, culminating in a Girls Night In that saw hundreds of women packed in to SenacreWood Junior School to enjoy a night of fun, pamper- ing, 20 stalls and an auction of promises. Phillipa Gill, owner of the women’s fitness centre, thanked staff, members and
the most hospitable road at the best of times but with snowand ice it is a nightmare. Even if they do grit it, it is not a good road," added Mr Rudgard.
Taking the mic HARRIETSHAM teenager Glenn Sandford, of Forge Meadow, hopes to reach the fi- nals of the UK Open Mic con- test when he sings at a heat in Portsmouth on November 27.
volunteers for helping to raise the sum. She said: “We offered to waive our normal service fee
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Castle concert THE Royal Philharmonic Or- chestra returns to Leeds Castle for an open air concert at Leeds Castle on Saturday, July 16, with ticket prices at 2007 lev- els. Actor Robert Powell will be narrating.
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