We’re happy to pay more for policing
pavement and proving who was driving was not possible.
If this is the case, how do they manage to prosecute all the speeders of this land when they don’t know who the driver is. They write to the registered owner and allow them to decide, so could this not be the way forward?
Alternatively could Maidstone borough not introduce a bylaw to ban pavement parking as London did some years ago, and this cannot be difficult as Ashford has done something similar to prosecute lorry drivers in that area. T Maybourne, Orchard Close, Coxheath. Supplements editor young people, are calling on locals to ‘band together’ behind families affected by cancer by donating just £2 to get their special Band Against Cancer wristband.
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Therefore I was delighted to read your excellent article on page 5 “plans for hundreds more police .”
However it must be remembered the cutbacks should never have been implemented in the first place and I would conjecture the number of new officers is not enough in the current climate, but it is a welcome start.
Well done Matthew Scott and, for the record, most of our relatives, friends and acquaintances are happy to see an increase in council tax to see a safer county. Robert Boston, Lambourne Drive, Kings Hill. into your local JD Wetherspoon pub or Morrisons store. Alex Drury, fundraising engagement manager for Kent KoL editor caused by people who may no longer be with us once we leave the EU.
There is a general acceptance we will be worse off for a number of reasons and Kent will be particularly hit by the end of the European Transit Convention which allows trucks to pass through Dover Customs in an average of two minutes instead of 20 minutes after Brexit, which could mean major traffic problems on the M20 and Operation Stack on a regular basis.
The Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, which is currently failing to meet targets for A&E, operations and cancer care, is heavily dependent on EU doctors and nurses who may choose to go home after Brexit, which can only make matters worse.
It is time for all Kent MPs to be honest about the impact of Brexit and to support the majority of the electorate who will be Remainers if Brexit actually happens. John Cobbett, Hollingbourne.