From the Medway Messenger 19/1/07:
£86,000 for basic infrastructure
£245,000 to "enhance" the event
£25,000 advance payment to the organisers
£40,000 - plus for roadworks
Friday, July 04, 2008
Lest we forget The City of Rochester
The failure of the outgoing City of Rochester-upon-Medway council to appoint charter trustees for Rochester and to apply for Rochester's city status to be transferred to the replacement unitary authority of Medway, led to Rochester losing its city status.
From Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia.
Industrial site at Salt Lane, Cliffe, Rochester, Kent, UK
For your information in case you did not spot this in the Medway Adscene July 3 2008 from which the article comes:
More than 100 residents of Cliffe and Cliffe Woods made their presence felt at an ongoing public inquiry into the building of an industrial site in Salt Lane.
So many angry villagers turned up to the inquiry's opening, it had to be adjourned twice to find a larger room with a public address system in Medway council's Chatham HQ.
Gloria Goldsmith, who lives in Town Road, said: "It's a complete farce. Some people are standing outside. It's supposed to be a public inquiry but not everyone here can hear.”
She is one of many residents affected by lorries serving the Thameside Terminal industrial park, on the former Conoco plant site.
The 65-year-old said: "At least we are making our views clear, even if we are not allowed to speak."
The inquiry, which started on June 24, was chaired by Rod Evans and Dr Jane Stiles, who are members of the Government's planning inspectorate.
It involves an appeal against a planning enforcement; order by Richard Miller, Britannia Assets, Panther Platform Rentals, All Cabin Services, B&T Plant Hire, H&M Plan, Milbank Trucks, Fitzpatrick Construction, KKB3R and the Roe Group.
The enforcement was made in July last year for the construction of various buildings, roadways and fencing, and for using the site for a variety of business uses.
Medway Council's head of legal services, Neil Cameron, presented evidence for the planning enforcers while Matthew Horton QC represented the appellants.
Clirs Les Wicks and Tom Mason, and Cliffe parish council vice chair Chris Fribbins spoke for residents living in the area. Villagers Roger Brown and Harry Pearce also voiced their views later in the proceedings. Councillor Wickes, who lives in salt lane said: “We have a large industry in the middle of a rural area. They don’t go together. All the lorries that serve the site have made the B2000 very dangerous. Residents have suffered enough and now is the time to say enough is enough.
The enquiry was adjourned on Friday to June 2nd 2009.
More than 100 residents of Cliffe and Cliffe Woods made their presence felt at an ongoing public inquiry into the building of an industrial site in Salt Lane.
So many angry villagers turned up to the inquiry's opening, it had to be adjourned twice to find a larger room with a public address system in Medway council's Chatham HQ.
Gloria Goldsmith, who lives in Town Road, said: "It's a complete farce. Some people are standing outside. It's supposed to be a public inquiry but not everyone here can hear.”
She is one of many residents affected by lorries serving the Thameside Terminal industrial park, on the former Conoco plant site.
The 65-year-old said: "At least we are making our views clear, even if we are not allowed to speak."
The inquiry, which started on June 24, was chaired by Rod Evans and Dr Jane Stiles, who are members of the Government's planning inspectorate.
It involves an appeal against a planning enforcement; order by Richard Miller, Britannia Assets, Panther Platform Rentals, All Cabin Services, B&T Plant Hire, H&M Plan, Milbank Trucks, Fitzpatrick Construction, KKB3R and the Roe Group.
The enforcement was made in July last year for the construction of various buildings, roadways and fencing, and for using the site for a variety of business uses.
Medway Council's head of legal services, Neil Cameron, presented evidence for the planning enforcers while Matthew Horton QC represented the appellants.
Clirs Les Wicks and Tom Mason, and Cliffe parish council vice chair Chris Fribbins spoke for residents living in the area. Villagers Roger Brown and Harry Pearce also voiced their views later in the proceedings. Councillor Wickes, who lives in salt lane said: “We have a large industry in the middle of a rural area. They don’t go together. All the lorries that serve the site have made the B2000 very dangerous. Residents have suffered enough and now is the time to say enough is enough.
The enquiry was adjourned on Friday to June 2nd 2009.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Now ...... this name "Medway"
Is it me? I can't find "Medway" on any map except as the name of a river. I can find Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham, Strood etc.
The word "Medway" seems to crop up everywhere and yet the place doesn't actually exist - a bit like The Emporer's New Clothes. Black Lion Sports Centre Gillingham has become "Medway Park" all the signs entering each of our towns say "Welcome to Medway" instead of "Welcome to Gillingham" or "Welcome to Chatham". The philosophy seems to be "If you keep saying it long enough maybe it will become a reality"!
The word "Medway" seems to crop up everywhere and yet the place doesn't actually exist - a bit like The Emporer's New Clothes. Black Lion Sports Centre Gillingham has become "Medway Park" all the signs entering each of our towns say "Welcome to Medway" instead of "Welcome to Gillingham" or "Welcome to Chatham". The philosophy seems to be "If you keep saying it long enough maybe it will become a reality"!
Thamesport renamed London Thamesport
So - Thamesport on the Isle of Grain has been renamed London Thamesport - anyone know why? Is Medway to become London, Medway, SE99 ? Keep muttering the litany of towns and villages as you go to sleep each night lest they be forgotten forever - Rochester...Chatham....Gillingham...Strood....Rainham...Hoo....Cliffe....Grain....All Hallows....High Halstow.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
The road to Hell?
The Sir John Hawkins flyover is to come down, a bus station is to be built, it will take two years to complete but the council say it is essential for the regeneration of Chatham. Regeneration or resuscitation? Is Chatham beyond help?
Balancing on a tightrope?
So - Medway Council made drastic cuts in spending, recruitment and employment and was left with a little bit of cash (£620,000) at the end of the year. Is this good or bad news? According to local press it was cause for a "short celebration" at the council.
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