News RSPCA boss
stands down Continued from page 1 RSPCA is incredibly grateful for all the hard work Christine has put in for the charity. She will be sorely missed. “Few people in life can
truly retire knowing they have made a difference, but Christine should be proud to say that her working life was devoted to making a difference to the hundreds of animals she has helped during her career. “She has been a great mentor to many staff members, including me. I and two others now manage our own centres after having worked with Christine, and in thisway she will continue to contribute to animal welfare for a long time to come.” Mrs Dooley, who has lived
on site, worked alongside her husband Mike – the centre’s official photographer. She is now looking forward to spending some quality time with her family. The charity hopes to appoint a replacement manager in the comingweeks.
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Developer to stand down as bridge work progresses
DEVELOPER Trenport has con- firmed that it will step back later this year from construction at Pe- ters Village, Wouldham on the bank of the River Medway. The scheduled move reflects the
good progress that has been made on the new road bridge. The project means the return of a
river crossing near Snodland – the banks were temporarily linked at that point by a Bailey bridge during WorldWar II. Trenport director Chris Hall said: “Major infrastructure works on Pe- ters Village by ourselves and our onsite contractor BAM Nuttall will have been completed by late sum- mer this year and have gone smoothly and to schedule.” However, the remaining work
does include some of the biggest el- ements in the creation of the 1,000- home community. The largest of these is the new road bridge which is due to open to traffic in late Au- gust and will link with the Snod- land-Halling roundabout. A second bridge, spanning the north-south rail line between the
The bridge over the River Medway, linking the proposed Peters Village and
Snodland
river and the A228, is one of the last elements to be put in place. Trenport’s project manager Paul Morris said: “There is an ageing brick and steel bridge over the rail- way, built simply for access when the old cement industrywas active, but inadequate for a modern day road link carrying the sort of vol- umes needed here. “However, with the train timetable taking priority, windows of opportunity for building a re- placementwere few, butBAMNut- tall now has an agreed programme with Network Rail and has started building embankments and boring
holes for piled foundations needed to bear the new rail bridge. Work should then be completed at about the same time as the Medway crossing and allow demolition of the old bridge over the railway. Both new bridges will include foot- ways and cycleways.” The first housebuilder Bellway
came on site in January and has begun construction. Other house- builders who will be taking up fur- ther phases are expected to be announced shortly. Building of Peters Village is ex- pected to be completed in about 2024.
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