Sunday, 6 March 2011

Time to get River Moving


Cllr John Jones and Labour candidate Adetomi Yemi are working to keep the Yellow Bus scheme, secure the Medway Freedom Pass, improve traffic flow and work for better more aligned bus services for residents and those who work in the ward, including on a Sunday.

Former Labour Councillor Bill Esterson, worked tirelessly to secure the extension of the Yellow bus scheme onto the island.

A scheme which will not be scrapped despite the mutterings from some quarters.


Commenting on transport provision John Jones stated that
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"Labour is committed to retaining the yellow bus scheme for the island and will also work to get Medway moving, after the incompetence of the current administration, which has hurt local residents and business.

We have seen constant roadworks on Dock Road, the fiasco over the Medway Street / Globe Lane turn, the ongoing incompetence over the management of the 'dynamic' bus facility and eye-watering increases in train fares.

We are all at risk from the potential Tory Tunnel Toll because of the botched purchase which could leave Medway residents a massive tax bill in future years

Imagine what the Medway Conservatives could achieve in another four years!"


The Conservatives have mismanaged major programmes and have left small business in the ward a terrible legacy. There is also a real lack of scrutiny over bus provision in Medway with Arriva feedback indicating a high level of dissatisfaction amongst residents on the price and frequency of bus services.

We will work to ensure we get the ward moving again by supporting the services we cherish and by improving and scrutinising transport more effectively.


Labour are committed to improving consultation and getting River ward moving.

2 comments:

  1. So if there is a Labour administration in Medway from May, how will things get put right?

    We can't sell the tunnel - no one would be stupid enough to buy a leaking unsafe tunnel would they?

    We might have a half-built dynamic bus shelter - do we knock it down? Or will we have to continue to pay for tory vanity projects?

    Will the roads that were closed without our consent be re-opened, so we don't have to make a detour of over a mile to get from Sun Pier to Dock Road? And reopen the High Street by Tesco to avoid a similar detour?

    Thanks in part to the tories I can't sell my house but if I could and they did continue their wrecking spree past May, I'd want to move as far away from here as possible. Another four years of them being 'in charge' is frightening.

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  2. Sadly Anon many of these expensive fiasco's have happened under the current administration.

    All we can committ is to consult people more widely about major programmes and projects. We have committed ourselves to heritage-led regeneration rather then being dogmatic about projects.

    We would support any constituent who wanted to raise the issue of the road scheme again if we were a majority administration.

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