The news that Medway Conservatives have totally mismanaged another capital programme comes as no surprise to residents of the Medway towns who have suffered years of road works, delays and Tory mismanagement.
There are rumours circulating that the Medway Conservative incompetence may even be close to £1m because of the delays caused by bad weather. An eye-watering sum of money to waste.
Medway Labour will find out the true scale of this outrage tomorrow.
Attempts by this blogger to clarify with leading Conservative cabinet members have been ignored.
The news slipped out from the Medway Messenger website that the Conservatives will now use Council tax payers money to finish the Chatham bus station because they left it too late to secure full government funding for the site
The bus station was opposed by many in the Community and dubbed the 'mushroom patch' because of its poor usability and because many users favoured the modernisation of the Pentagon bus station. Many in the local community also opposed the digging up of the historic trees on the Brook / Paddock which were lifted weeks in advance of the building work.
In effect, the contentious development which should have been built entirely on a Labour Government grant will now have to be part funded by the public. This whilst the Council announce cuts to Sure Start, libraries, leisure centres, litter collection, and education budgets.
The exact figure of the subsidy is unknown but given the weather and the delay to starting the project, we can expect a hefty sum. The Conservatives have remained tight lipped.
Cllr Jane Chitty (Con - Strood North - nominally in every sense) and the leader Cllr Rodney Chambers are responsible for regeneration are ultimately held to account for this outrageous failure of administration.
In addition to this incompetence Medway Conservatives have:
* £2.5m Chatham two-way farce which saw pre-election U-turn on demolition of Hawkins flyover and multiple delays which has decimated town centre trade.
* Demolition of the Theatre Royal in Chatham
* £850,000 demolition cost and associated relocation costs to relocate civic centre to 'ivory towered' centre in Chatham. Monumental waste of tax payers money which involved in demolition of historic Aveling & Porter building to become a car park
* £1 purchase of Medway Tunnel which will leave a multi-million pound tax liability and potential toll. Negotiated behind closed doors.
* Closure of Rochester Dickens Centre, Rochester Market and threats to Strood Market
* Constant un-scrutinised roadwork's in Medway which have harmed local traders and thousands of residents.
* Thousands wasted reminding residents to use bins as Council announces cuts to 50-100 staff on the 'Love Medway' campaign
* Arrogantly re-branding the town without Royal consent, a snub to the Queen. Spending tax payers money and loosing public support without an apology
There are rumours circulating that the Medway Conservative incompetence may even be close to £1m because of the delays caused by bad weather. An eye-watering sum of money to waste.
Medway Labour will find out the true scale of this outrage tomorrow.
Attempts by this blogger to clarify with leading Conservative cabinet members have been ignored.
The news slipped out from the Medway Messenger website that the Conservatives will now use Council tax payers money to finish the Chatham bus station because they left it too late to secure full government funding for the site
The bus station was opposed by many in the Community and dubbed the 'mushroom patch' because of its poor usability and because many users favoured the modernisation of the Pentagon bus station. Many in the local community also opposed the digging up of the historic trees on the Brook / Paddock which were lifted weeks in advance of the building work.
In effect, the contentious development which should have been built entirely on a Labour Government grant will now have to be part funded by the public. This whilst the Council announce cuts to Sure Start, libraries, leisure centres, litter collection, and education budgets.
The exact figure of the subsidy is unknown but given the weather and the delay to starting the project, we can expect a hefty sum. The Conservatives have remained tight lipped.
Cllr Jane Chitty (Con - Strood North - nominally in every sense) and the leader Cllr Rodney Chambers are responsible for regeneration are ultimately held to account for this outrageous failure of administration.
In addition to this incompetence Medway Conservatives have:
* £2.5m Chatham two-way farce which saw pre-election U-turn on demolition of Hawkins flyover and multiple delays which has decimated town centre trade.
* Demolition of the Theatre Royal in Chatham
* £850,000 demolition cost and associated relocation costs to relocate civic centre to 'ivory towered' centre in Chatham. Monumental waste of tax payers money which involved in demolition of historic Aveling & Porter building to become a car park
* £1 purchase of Medway Tunnel which will leave a multi-million pound tax liability and potential toll. Negotiated behind closed doors.
* Closure of Rochester Dickens Centre, Rochester Market and threats to Strood Market
* Constant un-scrutinised roadwork's in Medway which have harmed local traders and thousands of residents.
* Thousands wasted reminding residents to use bins as Council announces cuts to 50-100 staff on the 'Love Medway' campaign
* Arrogantly re-branding the town without Royal consent, a snub to the Queen. Spending tax payers money and loosing public support without an apology
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