Chatham Bus Station may cost millions

The Tories may have blown the budget for the Chatham bus station and now have to spend Council rate payers money to plug the funding shortfall.

Cllr Vince Maple (Labour) asked the Leader of the Conservatives last Thursday for an update on the funding situation for the 'dynamic' bus facility but was met by another rediculous non-response, which once again highlights why the Tories are simply unfit to manage another major programme in Chatham.

The Tories could not even manage to stitch up the questions from their own Council candidates, as the spun question from Strood North backfired when the portfolio holder answered the wrong prepared answer. How inept can you get!?

The leader of the Council effectively confirmed that Medway Council has not secured government funding for the overrun of the bus station which could leave a legacy of millions on the Council tax payer books.

The Tories have

• botched £2.5m Chatham road system,
• purchased the Medway Tunnel for £1 leaving Medway residents a toll legacy
• spent £850,000 on the demolition of the Civic Centre in Strood which has since become a temporary car park.
• mismanaged the Rochester regeneration scheme and have had to close Medway Renaissance. T
• allowed Medway roadwork chaos destroying local trade including a cut in trade by 20% in Chatham

This is an administration that is fiscally incompetent - out of time, out of ideas and soon to be out of office.

It is time for a change.