howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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just been informed that there is no vehicle access to laureston place due to the above.
access to the school main entrance is by foot only.
part of a wall collapsed onto 2 parked cars - thankfully no-one was in them.
Guest 904- Registered: 21 Mar 2013
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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do you know what time that happened Paul?
Guest 904- Registered: 21 Mar 2013
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Text came through from St. Mary's around Midday advising us of the problem
Jan Higgins
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Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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I had an email from Kent Highways about it:
Emergency Road Closure - Laureston Place, Dover - 30 January 2014 (Dover)
It has been necessary to close Laureston Place, Dover from 30 January 2014 for up to 21 days.
The road will be closed at in the vicinity of 11 Laureston Place.
There will be no access for through traffic between the junctions with Castle Hill Road and Victoria Park.
The alternative route is via Castle Hill Road and Victoria Park.
This is for the safety of the public due to a collapsed embankment.
St Mary's Church of England Primary School are aware of the closure and have secured the gates that open onto Laureston Place. Parents are being informed to use the access to the school from Ashen Tree Lane.
Roger
Guest 1033- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
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How they all going to park on the pavement now ?
Guest 904- Registered: 21 Mar 2013
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The imbeciles that park on the pavement only do so because the yellow hatched area is full Barrie...
Guest 1033- Registered: 23 Aug 2013
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Hahaha. I actually got driven into twice (as a pedestrian) during the time my kids were at St. Mary's. I'm sure the parking won't have improved, and I reckon it will be chaos down there for the next couple of weeks. If anyone is passing with a camera handy I would really appreciate it, you might even get a post in 'local wildlife' if you manage to spot one of those rare creatures, the traffic warden who are hardly ever seen at school run time.
For those who care, I used to park on Durham Hill and walk the kids through the town, good excercise, but sometimes unpleasant having to run the gamut of beggars and drunks who between them seemed to have every avenue covered.
Guest 904- Registered: 21 Mar 2013
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If anything Barrie, it's worse than it ever was. When my lad went to St. Mary's (some 8/9 years ago during Mrs Waller's tenure) it was becoming increasingly prevalent. A 'name & shame' process was put into place with regard to the yellow hatching area, which worked quite well.
Under the present incumbent, Mrs D'Cruz, standards have slipped and the worst offenders are (and this will create the usual 'shock, horror, racist' reaction) the Eastern Europeans who have absolutely no regard for paths, yellow hatchings, signs or Traffic Wardens. Fortunately my daughter is in the juniors now and doesn't use the Laureston entrance, but it's only a matter of time before a mother/pupil/child gets knocked down by a reversing/parking car....