People still need cars in the real world
There has been much comment in the media by those that see the lockdown as an opportunity to abandon our cars and dream of the demise of air travel as a way of achieving a cleaner world.
Dream on, I say.
In the real world, the economy and people need air travel and their cars to get to work in order to earn the money that pays the taxes.
A good many have to drive 10, 20 even 50 miles or further to their jobs.
Some people have suggested that park and ride schemes encourage car use.
Maybe, but so do out of town shopping complexes.
The truth is with a lack of local industries and an ever-increasing growth in population, no amount of public transport is going change the need for the private motor car.
Terry Gabriel
safeguard our air and put this into action as soon as possible. For many years residents have been calling for better connectivity in and around Canterbury and Whitstable; more paths to get children to and from school safely, directly and routes getting us seamlessly from east to west, north to south.
There are so many options and we have so much expertise already in our local community, some who have in some cases already drawn up routes and maps of where these new routes could go.
Our council needs to provide a vision for the future and the creation of cycleways with this grant should be central to that vision.
Cllrs Mel Dawkins and Val Kenny
acknowledged my application and said that they would be in touch. Since then, neither has contacted me so it seems that there is no shortage of labour. My guess is that the farms prefer not to employ local people as they would have to pay at least the national minimum wage, whereas if they employ foreign labour they can offset their wages against the cost of accommodation so the net outlay is less.
I have no problem if that’s what they want to do but please don’t criticise the attitude of the British to this type of work.
Ian Suitters