Transport
29th July 2022 by Editorial Team
From Stourmouth to Elvington to Kingsdown to Eastry, all across Dover district and East Kent there is anger and deep concern about the problems that bus cuts will cause in the autumn. Since February 2022, immediately after the budget cut was voted through by the Conservative majority group at KCC, local Green Party campaigners have […]
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Environment Transport
14th May 2022 / 17th May 2022 by Editorial Team
Letter to Dover local press. 8 May 2022 We welcome the good news from Port of Dover and Doug Bannister about their plan for our port to be Carbon Net Zero by 2030. The article in Dover Express on 5 May said plans include the sourcing of alternative fuels, utilization of renewable energy sources, port […]
Deal Town Council Transport
26th April 2022 / 13th May 2023 by Editorial Team
At the meeting of Deal Town Council on 19 April, a member of the public made an impassioned plea for stronger action on the summary dismissal of P&O Ferries staff and their replacement with agency staff on lower wages. His plea comes in two parts (both reproduced below) – one a written submission and the […]
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10th April 2022 / 17th April 2022 by Editorial Team
Open Letter to Kent press: 10 April 2022 Yet another weekend of gridlock and danger for Dover and surounding villages. Danger because emergency vehicles can't get about, and danger to local livelihoods and businesses Gridlock and danger because of a combination of predictable problems that Conservatives in power in London, at KCC and at DDC […]
21st March 2022 / 13th May 2023 by Editorial Team
Protests against the cruel and callous sacking of experienced P&O ferry workers were widely supported. The Dover protest at noon Fri 18 March included hundreds of angry ex ferry workers, union representatives especially Union of the Rail Maritime and Transport Workers and representatives of many parties who prioritise social justice, such as the Green Party. Representatives […]
27th December 2021 / 17th April 2022 by Editorial Team
A bank of four new EV Charge Points have been installed off Canada Road in Walmer by Walmer Town Council, in conjunction with Kent County Council and operators Connected Kerb. The charging points, on the right of the access road to Deal & Betteshanger Rugby Club, are primarily for use by local residents without off-street […]
7th July 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
The 2/7 press release from the Kent and Dover Conservatives in power + Ms Elphicke MP about 2 clearance / port health facilities is full of fantastic adjectives in a cynical, deceptive press release but it cannot hide the truth. The fact that 2 surprise Conservative resignations from DDC happened in June 2021, may indicate […]
20th April 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
Sarah Gleave, Green Party KCC candidate in Dover North (which includes Guston), says, “I entirely agree that guarantees are needed for Guston and for all of us of Dover District who use the roads to, from or past our White Cliffs Retail Park. If I’m elected to KCC, I’ll do my utmost to keep pushing […]
Elections Transport
12th April 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
A Manifesto for safer, more active travel in the Dover District from Kent County Council 2021 candidates of Dover and Deal Green Party. Your Green Party Candidates in Dover District are Sarah Gleave, Mike Eddy , Beccy Sawbridge, Nick Shread and Abi Stroud. We are all signed up to South East Climate Alliance’s ABCD pledge. We […]
17th February 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
There was much local disappointment at the failure of the Conservative Cabinet at DDC to use their powers as Local Planning Authority to demand an Environmental Impact Assessment for the site Central Govt commandeered for Dover Inland Border Facility. We note that 8 of the 11 opposition Labour councillors voted against the weak line taken […]
30th January 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
On the evening of Fri 29th January 2021, a well-informed senior source attached to the Port of Dover, spoke to Sarah Gleave, local Green Party Campaigner. This conversation flagged up various issues regarding the selection of the White Cliffs business park, Dover District’s only retail park, (and a site next door to the new, expensive […]
21st January 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
Comment from Dover and Deal Green Party : At long last, Dover District is catching up with Ashford and Maidstone. At long last Dover, the gateway to England, gets some of the 21st century infrastructure it needs. Dover & Deal Green Party have spent the last 3 years politely, persistently, pestering Dover District Council (DDC) […]
19th January 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
Statement from Green Party Councillors in Dover District. Until December 2020, the site that the Dept of Transport have bought to use as White Cliffs Inland Border Facility was farmland that ought not to be developed. Right now government Department for Transport, are saying it is a temporary site with a 5 year requirement but […]
3rd January 2021 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
Statement from Dover and Deal Green Party Dover and Deal Green Party stands with Guston Village and Guston Parish Council in their David and Goliath struggle with the Dept of Transport and Conservative Govt in London. On 31st December 2020, residents of peaceful Guston village, perched 1 mile inland from Dover Castle, received a letter from the […]
3rd December 2020 / 20th March 2022 by Editorial Team
If you’ve been looking to get an EV (Electric Vehicle) and don’t have the ability to charge at home, you’ll be needing to charge away from home using destination charging. Destination charging is the process of topping up charge on an EV whilst you’re busy at a location such as shopping centres, leisure centres, hotels, restaurants, […]
27th September 2020 / 27th September 2020 by Editorial Team
This article first appeared in Green World. With the Brexit transition period close to ending and calls for a green recovery from Covid-19 growing, Sarah Gleave, Co-ordinator of the Dover and Deal Green Party reiterates the Green Party’s 2019 manifesto policy to move freight to rail to reduce road freight emissions. We are the Green […]
3rd September 2020 / 3rd September 2020 by Editorial Team
Following letter sent to Local press in August, written by Sarah Gleave, Dover + Deal Green Party Published in EKM 20/8/20 and Dover Express 27/8/20 We are told to expect lorry parks in Manston (5800 HGVs) and at Whitfield, a field near B+Q (1200 HGVs ) as well as 2 in Ashford (2000 + 950). We expect […]
23rd March 2019 / 13th April 2020 by Editorial Team
The 2017 Bus Services Act would allow KCC to franchise routes (with the agreement of the Transport Minister). We will lobby for this. KCC needs an integrated transport policy and research on bus need to back up their route franchises. KCC also needs to abolish the Dover Quality Bus Partnership (DBQP) and replace it with […]
DDC needs a clear policy on electric charging facilities. There needs to be more public charging points. In residential streets no-one should be more than a few hundred yards from a charger. A franchised bus service could ensure that when old buses are withdrawn they are replaced with electric buses. This article covered one of the […]