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Asbestos halts station progress
THE discovery of significant amounts of asbestos in a build- ing bought byNetworkRailwill further delay multi-million pound plans to transformMaid- stone, its station and the east end of town. The lack of progress on the
demolition of the Victoria pub in Week Street has pushed the deliv- ery date for the Maidstone East Rail Station from this summer to next spring. Network Rail had hoped to
bring the derelict building down last September, but it still stands swathed in scaffolding and plas- tic, directly over the railway line. The £2.5mstationimprovements,
whichwill include a glass entrance, a concourse and café, is being fundedbytheNationalStations Im- provement Programme, with £1m fromKCC’s growth fund. However, it is also central to
more ambitious plans from the county and borough councils, which have spent an estimated
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£4.5mon 10.5 acres. These include the old RoyalMail site – currently being used as a car park – and of- fices to create a strategic “gateway to the town”. A spokesman for Network Rail
said: “We have now appointed a specialist asbestos contractor. “In the meantime, some works
on the station building will con- tinue, including setting up a tem- porary ticket office so refurbish- ment of themain ticket office can begin.We are sorry for the delay.” A spokesman for KCC said
movement on the stalled site would be welcome, adding: “We are pleased to see progress being made on the demolition of The Vic. The improvements underway atMaidstone East railway station are an important part of thewider regeneration of this part of town.” MBC’s director of regeneration
WilliamCornall said: “The regen- eration will
continue to
strengthen the collective drive for improvements toMaidstone.”
Wendy Hiller, Tomiwa James, Judith Sloan, Lisa Burns,with radiologists FerdenahMunroe,WaydeMorgan, Abin Babu and David Brown
Praise for scan centre
AN imaging service for cancer pa- tients in Maidstone has been praisedbyagovernmentwatchdog. Maidstone PET-CT Centre at the
town’s hospital in Hermitage Lane, which provides diagnostic and screening procedures, was rated “good” by the Care Quality Com- mission. The service, run by AllianceMed-
ical, operates five days a week to see patients within recommended time frames. Maidstone PET-CT unitmanager
DavidBrownsaid: “Thiswasour first inspection by CQC since opening in 2017. Itwas a great opportunity to
showcase the fantastic work the team does, and to demonstrate thatwe are continuously striving to improve. “The team is proud of the unit
and the facilities it provides for pa- tients, and was pleased the CQC recognised its efforts with a ‘good’ rating.” The report identified three areas
where further improvements should bemade. MrBrown added: “The teamwel-
comes this feedback as an opportu- nity to develop the service further, and is working to implement these recommendations.”
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