New life for poorly-used car parks?


PARTS of under-performing pay & display car parks may be put to other uses by Maid- stone Council. The Sittingbourne Road site, with an oc-


cupancy rate of just 50-60%, was singled out by scrutiny committee members. Chairman Annabelle Blackmore said the figures were "not sustainable" and won- dered whether the point had come where it was costing the council too much to main-


tain the car park. She asked if it would be better used as something else at a time when there is pressure on the council budget. Parking services manager Jeff Kitson said


that point had been reached and that the data had been collected by a team that is looking at alternative uses. He said use of Sittingbourne Road car


park had drastically changed within six to eight months of businesses moving out of


nearby properties, where workers had been season ticket holders. Meanwhile, occupancy rates in other car


parks, such as Union Street and Brook Place, are 90%-100%, but Lockmeadow’s rate is as low as Sittingbourne Road. Maidstone town has six short-stay and 10 long-stay car parks plus a multi-storey site in King Street, with 52 pay & display ma- chines between them. These are monitored via a central computer in the council's Maidstone House. Annual revenue from the car


parks is more than £1m but so far this year they are taking about £5,000 below target. Mr Kitson said this might be be- cause of the employment situa- tion or more people car-sharing. He said there had been a tail-


off in the use of long-stay com- pared to short-stay car parks. Survey figures revealed that


DEPUTY head Dan Smith donned a gorilla suit when he joined pupils on a Run for the Rainforest at St John’s Primary School, Grove Green. The event raised £2,200 for the World Land


Trust, of which Sir David Attenborough is patron. Representatives from the charity attended a school assembly to collect the large cheque, which will go towards three rainforest-related projects in Borneo, India and South America. Last term, the children learned about threats


Ready, steady go-rilla!


faced by rainforests and decided to raise money to protect those that are left – and the animals that live there, including gorillas, elephants and tigers. Each class had a half-hour slot to complete as


many laps as possible of a marked-out acre in the school grounds. Pictured here is the Year 5 group setting off, fol- lowed by a rather startled looking Mr Smith!


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Restaurant closes AN upmarket restaurant in Lenham village has closed af- tergoing into liquidation. The Lime Tree Hotel and Restaurant in The Square shut just before Christmas.


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