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Cycles part of gyratory plan
PLANNERS are hoping they can retain a dedicated cycle route through the middle of Maidstone as part of a major road improve- ment scheme. A £5.7m scheme to improve the
traffic flows through the town cen- tre is due to start in the next finan- cial year.
Coincidentally, the recent grant-
ing of planning permission to re- develop the Powerhub on St Peter Street includes a condition that the northern carriageway be widened. But that would mean reducing
the width of the footpath on the northern bridge of the A229 to 2.5m – and the loss of the segre- gated cycle route along that stretch. KCC is now looking to see if it
can retain the cycle route as part of the new road scheme. KCC’s head of transportation Tim Read said: “KCC acknowledges that there are limited opportunities for cyclists to cross the river in the town, and the reduced width has raised some concern that the proposalwould be
contrary to the overall Maidstone Council aim of encouraging sus- tainable transport.” The proposal for improving the gyratory scheme would see the building of two new lanes, with junctions controlled by traffic lights, to take traffic directly from Broadway to Fairmeadow and the A229 northbound, without cross- ing either of the existing two bridges. Planners say not only will this re-
duce journey distances, travel times and air pollution but it will increase the capacity of the overall junction by some 10-20% in each of the peak hours, reducing delays for around a quarter of drivers. Commissioning of the detailed design of the scheme is due to start shortly and KCC proposes to carry out further capacity calculations, taking into account the proposed St Peter Street supermarket, and see if the extra capacity being pro- vided by the new schemewould be sufficient to allow the retention of the cycleway.
SNODLAND Chess Club chairman Rob Thompson presented trophies at the recent awards evening. He is pictured presenting B League winner Peter Hickey (left) with his trophy.
Among other winners were Neil Miners, who received the game of the year award, and George Hollands, who was club champion for the third year running and challenge cup winner for the fourth consecutive year.
Police seize motorbike
A TEENAGER had his motorcycle seized by police after he ignored a previous warning against riding in an anti-social manner. Police were called at about 1.25pm on Monday, August 18, amid reports that a green and black Kawasaki off-road bike was being ridden in woodland behind Beau- fighter Road,West Malling. PCSO Wendy Stanley attended
and confiscated the motorcycle from its 16-year-old owner under section 59 of the Police Reform Act, which states that a vehicle can be seized if an offender receives two such warnings for anti-social driv- ing in less than 12 months.
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the costs for its recovery and stor- age are not paid. Sergeant Joanne Mott said: “We
are pleased to have removed one nuisance biker from the neighbour- hood and hope this sends a mes- sage to anyone else riding in an anti-social manner. “We have received several reports
of nuisance bikers in the area over the last few weeks and would like to reassure residents that measures to tackle them will be enforced. “We will not hesitate to clamp
down on those who make the lives of law-abiding members of the pub- lic a misery.”
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