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Dover Pilot, the proposals are up to date, just some of the artists impressions have not been changed. There is a pre-bid cost element to all of this and a not insignificant sum has been spent on various pre-bid preparations both this time round and when the scheme got through to the second stage 2yrs ago. The modified proposal has, against multiple applications from around the UK, made it through to the second application stage - a clear indication that the CCF is in fact taking it seriously. There is a public consultation ongoing, or soon to open, in the library and a gazebo will be in the Market Square next week-end during the lights switch on where we can hope that as many people as possible will take the time to provide feedback. All feedback is welcome and as much as possible will be incorporated into the final design and build.
Whilst I am quite active within one or two projects which are intended to be of benefit to our town, it would not be correct, or fair to all the other people who work hard to support the town and get positive change for everyone who lives in or uses it, to say that everything trails back to me.
As to where I live, in Eythorne, I fail to see the issue. Dover has been my home town since I was born, I do almost all my shopping in the town, as in Dover Town Centre, Market Square, Canon Street, Biggin Street, High Street and London Road. I enjoy our history and heritage in the town centre, I use our Dover Town restaurants and pubs - including what is available on the seafront - all my kids have been, aside from primary school, educated in Dover and, as a family, we enjoy the Silver Screen Cinema from time to time. I was a teenager in Dover in the early 1980s and, as a younger person, spent many an hour exploring the Western Heights and various tunnels from the old Eye Hospital, from under East Cliff and around the Heights on both sides of Dover.
I remember Dover as a busier, more vibrant place to be back then and try to do my best to work towards bringing vibrancy back to its heart and increase opportunity for all who live in, use, or just visit the town. I know that if I were not involved, then others would still be committed to doing and delivering, but not being involved and not helping to achieve a better future for everyone, including my own children and grand children, is not the best way to achieve such a future.