23 minutes | Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Angry residents have packed into a public meeting in Herne Bay to have their say on a controversial seafront traffic scheme.The debate comes amid a huge backlash to a £250,000 project to create a “Spanish-style” plaza along Central Parade. Also in today's podcast, hear from a woman living in a new-build block of flats in Herne Bay who's been staying in a hotel after a faulty light fitting sparked a huge fire.All the tenants were evacuated and put up in temporary accommodation, where some remain as they face a three-month wait for repairs to take place.Furious villagers have slammed “outrageous” plans to build 23 new homes in an area they say is already overdeveloped.Developers are preparing to submit a bid to develop a horse field near Deal but critics say it'll cause traffic and parking chaos. People living in Maidstone say there will be more accidents if a key traffic junction remains closed. The dispute between council and residents is far from over - local bosses say the changes have sped up traffic but there's also been an apparent increase in crashes. And a plasterer has defended the controversial name of his business- insisting it is just a bit of “banter”.The Ramsgate man admits some people take offence at the branding of his Thanet-based company due to its links to infamous paedophile Jimmy Savile.