DDC seeks views on proposed route for Dover Fastrack
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11 July 2020 13:00363824I guess they'll catch the bus nearer home.(Not my real name.) - Brian Dixon
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11 July 2020 14:30363825sue there is 1 bus to market square the last time i new, no good to me man or beast. - 11 July 2020 15:44363829You are right Brian This Money would be better spent on subsidising the Stage Coach bus service ..People who move to Whitfield New Town have cars two per family is the norm.They would not allow busses into St James ,s You could not make it up meanwhile Aycliffe is forgotten .Brian Dixon and Jan Higgins like this
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11 July 2020 22:20363833The bridge over the A2 is a totally unnecessary expense, as the Whitfield bypass already leads directly into the new housing development and is uncongested.
The new rd from the leisure centre to market square via burgoyne is all very well, but the whole plan will give minimal benefit to anyone currently living in dover. It is purely an incentive scheme to potential buyers for housing which may be built in the future.Guest 2547 likes thisArte et Marte - Button
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11 July 2020 22:58363834Reginald Barrington wrote:The bridge over the A2 is a totally unnecessary expense, as the Whitfield bypass already leads directly into the new housing development and is uncongested.
A few little tweaks to the 61 and Whitfield cars can spend their days on Whitfield drives instead of infesting Folkestone Road! Unless of course you see the overbridge as an admission that the Whitfield roundabout is, currently (ie. before the Ashford clearance facility throws it weight behind the M20/A20 route), a bit of a pain at times.(Not my real name.) - Brian Dixon
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12 July 2020 04:59363837aycliffe has enough problems as it is button, tweaks do nothing to inprove things, - 12 July 2020 10:18363842Brian Dixon wrote:aycliffe has enough problems as it is button, tweaks do nothing to inprove things,
Totally agree Brian they seem to forget Aycliffe nothing is ever invested in Aycliffe.
I first raisd the idea of extra parking at Aycliffe in April 2014 when Mr Hood was councillor. He did not even reply. or any other of my e-mails.
Then on 1Oth Oct 2017 DCC agreed to my petition to provide extra parking at a scrutiny meeting
Up until Mar 2020 this year before this pandemic they only contacted me for one walk around to see where they could provide extra parking. that was Nov 2019 That was in not really good enough.
On that rare occasion when DCC actually found Aycliffe I mentioned the following as well
We have no community centre.
Returning the play park at the Ropewalk end of Aycliffe.
Drop kerbs at junctions
Community garden
Moving TAP back,
Roads getting tired.
Grass cutting of banks
I was told they would get back to me soon..
Seems they can invest in Whitfield but not Aycliffe.
As you can see I have no faith in our DCC.
I have even written to our MP.
As usual I get the line "I will look into it and nothing ever happens."Alec Sheldon and The Gov like this - 12 September 2020 20:12364776On the theme of buses. Planning application submitted.
https://www.kentplanningapplications.co.uk/Planning/Display/KCC/DO/0178/2020
https://www.dover.gov.uk/Consultation/Dover-Fastrack.aspx - 13 January 2021 14:04367646Another bonkers DDC idea bites the dust
Jan Higgins likes this - 13 January 2021 17:31367653According to the KCC planning site, the committee is today and as the DfT "engagement" has started today on the IBF, they have made no secret that the HGVs will be using the Fast-Track road to access the site.
So I guess it will be (or has already been) approved?
Diesel buses and HGVs on an eco route....the green alternative to reduce emissions is going well! - 13 January 2021 17:41367654AndyPol wrote:According to the KCC planning site, the committee is today and as the DfT "engagement" has started today on the IBF, they have made no secret that the HGVs will be using the Fast-Track road to access the site.
So I guess it will be (or has already been) approved?
Diesel buses and HGVs on an eco route....the green alternative to reduce emissions is going well!
KCC withdrew the application today as it interferes with the Whitfield lorry park.Reginald Barrington likes this - 13 January 2021 17:50367655Dover Pilot wrote:KCC withdrew the application today as it interferes with the Whitfield lorry park.
Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.
I'm confused, just looked at the map provided by DfT today on their website and it clearly shows the Fast Track route that has been withdrawn????
Link is https://inlandborderfacilities.uk/?page_id=1231 - 13 January 2021 18:00367656AndyPol wrote:Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.
I'm confused, just looked at the map provided by DfT today on their website and it clearly shows the Fast Track route that has been withdrawn????
Link is https://inlandborderfacilities.uk/?page_id=1231
I think the entrance and exit will be off the B&Q roundabout and then using the existing Whitfield/A2 interchange - but I might be wrong. - 13 January 2021 18:06367657Dover Pilot wrote:I think the entrance and exit will be off the B&Q roundabout and then using the existing Whitfield/A2 interchange - but I might be wrong.
No, if you look at the map on the link, the exit comes out onto the Fast Track route about halfway along and then they are supposed to turn right and head along the fast track route back to the B&Q roundabout. They've even named it Fast Track! - 13 January 2021 22:48367661Sorry everyone- didn’t see this thread before responding under a different heading- look under Traffic Chaos for full explanation. If you wish to read the full email sent to DDC Cllrs by Guston PV please read Facebook post of Guston Amenties Trust.
- 13 January 2021 22:55367662If anyone wishes to look at the Engagement Pack sent out by the DfT today please go to Guston PC website . https://guston-pc.gov.uk
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- 15 January 2021 19:58367715Another hit for Guston PC - keeping up the protest. This is NOT needed, a waste of money which could be better spent elsewhere. Agreed that Dover needs a regeneration program but this isn’t it!Jan Higgins and Reginald Barrington like this
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15 January 2021 21:27367717Arthur wrote:Another hit for Guston PC - keeping up the protest. This is NOT needed, a waste of money which could be better spent elsewhere. Agreed that Dover needs a regeneration program but this isn’t it!
I suggest that it is this vein that should be mined for the BCP case. A BCP doesn't have to be in physical proximity to our EU-facing border in order efficiently and effectively to discharge its functions - something that, for all his faults, Charlie Elphicke understood and wrote about at length. Ironically, the EU pretty much understands it too - but then, the EU doesn't suffer from "island mentality".(Not my real name.) - 29 October 2021 09:59372695Have received one of the DDC information emails and it says
KCC has confirmed that a new fleet of electric buses will operate on Dover Fastrack when it's launched in 2023
So is the Fastrack scheme actually happening?
https://www.dover.gov.uk/Consultation/Dover-Fastrack.aspx