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Call for traffic calming after pupil’s near miss
PARENTS in Bearsted are cam- paigning for traffic-calming meas- ures in a notoriously busy road used by schoolchildren. Tiani Alabaster (four) only nar-
rowly missed being hit by a car as she walked with her mother, sister and baby brother to Thurnham In- fants School. The BMW was swerving to avoid oncoming traffic at the junction of Roseacre Lane and Tower Lane and skimmed the edge of her coat as she clung on to her brother’s pram. The girl’s mother, Karen Al- abaster, said: “Therewere witnesses but the vehiclewas travelling too fast for anyone to see the registration. “A split second or another inch
nearer the road and she would not have made it to school. The impact from the size of the vehicle and the speed that it was travelling would have caused serious injury or even death.”
Roseacre Lane is a popular walk- to-school route for many Bearsted children who attend Thurnham In- fants, Roseacre Juniors or who use
petition, which has about 450 signa- tures, for traffic-calming measures similar to those south of Ashford Road, to be presented to the parish council, Maidstone Council and KCC. She said: “Traffic must be slowed
Tiani Alabaster (left) with sister Lilly
the train station and bus stop to get to secondary schools. Mrs Alabaster, who lives in Ot- teridge Road, said: “It is a dangerous lane that too many cars speed along as a shortcut from theAshford Road toWare Street and along to the M20. They refuse to slowdownfor pedes- trians, and cause a danger to resi- dents.” Mrs Alabaster has put together a
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down to save injury or worse. Spot Lane has traffic-calming measures – why not Roseacre Lane?” MrsAlabaster says aminimum re- quirement is for Roseacre Lane to have a20mphspeed limit, and calm- ing measures such as speed cushions are also needed. “Let’s not forget the future of Roseacre Lane,” she added. “If we think that it is too busy now, then what about when the massive new housing estate is built atPark Wood, on Sutton Road? How many cars will then use Gore Court Road, Church Road, Spot Lane and then across into Roseacre Lane as a short- cut to the motorway?” More information is available on
the facebook page for RLTCC (Roseacre Lane Traffic Calming Campaign).
News £700 fine for
neglecting cat AMAN has admitted neglecting his cat after shewas found with a huge, infected tumour on her face, which had eaten into her jaw bone. James Smith, ofWest Street, Har- rietsham, pleaded guilty at Maid- stone Magistrates’ Court to not seeking veterinary attention for his cat Bo, andwas ordered to pay £700 in fines and costs. The RSPCAwas called by amem-
ber of the public in July and found Bo with a grossly deformed tumour on her jaw, which was infected and covered in ulcers and pus. Bo was taken straight to the vet
who recommended she was put to sleep to prevent further suffering. A post mortem examination
showed the tumour had invaded her jawbone and caused infection. It is thought Bo would have been in this state for at least five to sixweeks. RSPCA Inspector Vikki Dawe
said: “The effects were so extreme that Bo was underweight and ap- peared to be struggling to eat. She had tried to groom herself and her bodywas covered in pus. “It would have be obvious to any-
one that something was majorly wrong and that poor Bowas in great discomfort and pain. How anyone could let her carry on suffering in si- lence is just beyond me.”
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